A number of other scientists, such as Paul R. Ehrlich, Carol L. Boggs,[4] Ward Watt (former President of the California Academy of Sciences[5]), Maureen Stanton, and Naomi Pierce,[6] have also spent time working on butterflies at the Lab.

[7] Climate change is another well-studied area at RMBL, fueled by researchers such as John Harte,[8] who has been heating a Rocky Mountain meadow to measure the effects of long-term warming on soil moisture, nutrient cycling, and plant communities.

Because 'introduced honeybees' do not survive at higher elevations such as the RMBL, a number of scientists, including Nickolas Waser,[11] Mary V. Price,[12] James D. Thomson,[13] Diane R. Campbell,[14] and David Inouye,[15] who are interested in native pollination systems continue to work at the Lab.

[25] Not to be forgotten, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory also has studied the interplay between bacteria and ticks ("arthropods") since the Cold War era, which include Lyme disease bacterial variants Borrelia burgdorferi and Rickettsia rickettsii.

[31] Some of the more rambunctious scientists from RMBL have adopted a tradition of publicizing their work by marching in the Crested Butte, Colorado Fourth of July parade wearing leaf skirts made of corn lily (false skunk cabbage), and playing "trombones, kazoos, pots and pans".