The cold weather this week will delay the blooming of cherry trees in the UW Quad this year, according to Sara Shores, University of Washington campus arborist. She estimates the trees will be in full bloom by the weekend of April 6.  Read more about this and how to stay connected to this year’s blooms in UW Today. 

Imagine having a daylong Thanksgiving feast every day for a month, then, only pauper’s rations the rest of the year.  University of Washington researchers have discovered Dolly Varden, a kind of trout, eating just that way in Alaska’s Chignik Lake watershed.  Read more about this research in UW Today. 

As the Elwha continues to find is natural path and flush downstream the sediment trapped behind the dam’s concrete walls, scientists are noticing major changes.  Read more about what they’re seeing in the Seattle Times. 

There’s more sediment and more wood than expected coming out of the Elwha River as the Elwha dams are taken down — causing more than a few surprises.  Read more about this in the Seattle Times. 

The scorpion was found in the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson and is named after the University of Washington post-doctoral scholar Robert Bryson, who spotted the arachnid in the mountains and sent the samples to be identified.  Read more about this new discovery in USA Today.