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UMSL alum Jane Merkel serves as zoological manager of animal health at Saint Louis Zoo

UMSL alum Jane Merkel serves as zoological manager of animal health at Saint Louis Zoo

Merkel earned bachelor's and master's degrees in biology from UMSL and did research in the lab of Patricia Parker, then the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Zoological Studies....

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UMSL biologist helps shed light on why penguins lost their ability to fly

UMSL biologist helps shed light on why penguins lost their ability to fly

A team of researchers examined two diving seabird species that still have some ability to fly – the thick-billed murres, which are wing-propelled divers, and the pelagic cormorant, which are...

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