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Learn & Work Outdoors
SoE Science News
Are Bears Carnivores?
A new study of the diets of giant pandas and sloth bears (pictured) by Charles Robbins, Professor of Wildlife Biology, and other scientists suggests that the answer to that question is not as simple as it seems. See: full story.
Other News & Events
New School Director:
Dr. Allyson Beall King has been named as the new Director of WSU’s School of the Environment. See: full story.
Photo Credits: Santiaguito eruption 2007 – by Professor Nick Varley, Facultade de Ciencias, University of Colima, Mexico. Juvenile red-tailed hawk – by Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public Domain. Anna’s hummingbird – by Becky Matsubara (CC BY 2.0). Stand of mature aspen trees on Boulder Mountain in Utah – by Martin Venturas, University of Utah. Sloth bear – source: Wikipedia; Author: Marieke IJsendoorn-Kuijpers. License: CC-BY-2.0.