WashU team to study virus transmission, human-wildlife interaction
Red colobus monkeys are the most threatened group of African monkeys. A Washington University in St. Louis team will model viral transmission dynamics among red colobus monkeys and their human neighbors near Kibale National Park, Uganda. The collaboration got its start with support from Arts & Sciences under its Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures research cluster, “The Human-Wildlife Interface.”
WashU Expert: Four factors that drove 2023’s extreme heat
The year 2023 was the hottest in recorded history. WashU professor Michael Wysession explains four factors that drove 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters — and what this means for the future.
Some mosquitoes like it hot
Mosquito heat tolerance varies by population, according to a new study; findings could change estimates of vector-borne disease risk.