Woodrats survive on toxic creosote plants by copying detox genes, producing more enzymes to break down plant toxins and avoid ...

Rob is an evolutionary ecologist who studies polyploidy and speciation in the creosote bush. Here at CU, he continued his creosote research and collaborated with Nolan Kane to develop genomic tools ...

"These woodrats have only been exposed to creosote bush for about 15,000 years—in an evolutionary timescale, that's very little time," said Dylan Klure, postdoctoral researcher at the U and lead ...

Fuel oil and natural gas prices have soared, and with them so has the popularity of alternative fuels. Wood stove, pellet ...

Antennae have distinctive terminal clubs composed of leaf-like plates that can be opened and closed. HABITAT: The beetles require areas of fine sand and creosote bush scrub as well as areas of active ...