News: Features

Features

Now 50 Years Old, One of the World’s Most Diverse Collection of Organisms Lives On at UT

David Nobles Jr., curator of the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, looks back and explains why algae matter in research.

Features

Meet Iris Schmeder, Undergraduate Frog Researcher

A chance encounter in a hallway and hands-on learning opportunities sparked her passion for research.

Features

Science vs. Screwworms: How UT Research Inspired Our Best Weapon

Key to earlier eradications of the threat was a University of Texas discovery that’s still proving useful today.

Features

Meet Stengl-Wyer Fellow: Daryl Barth

Features

Can This Scientist’s Proposal Save Coral Reefs in Our Hemisphere?

Evolutionary expert Misha Matz makes a splash with a controversial proposal that could save Caribbean coral reefs.

Features

Meet Stengl-Wyer Fellow: Rebecca Clemons

UT News

Inside the Tower’s Herbarium

The Billy L. Turner Plant Resources Center, a research collection, holds a vast array of Texas specimens.

Features

BioBlitz 2026

Features

Beyond Bees: Our Wide World of Pollinators