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The fish are part of a project to monitor the overall ecological health of Central Texas aquifers and better understand how water flows through them.

Graduate student Spencer Fox and his colleagues found strong evidence that the late timing of flu pandemics is caused by two opposing factors.

Sap-sucking pests could deliver gene therapy to plants under attack from diseases, droughts or floods

The answer might provide clues for developing better drugs to fight pain and addiction

Researchers around the world, including UT Austin's Misha Matz, published a paper which could help predict the future of coral reefs in a changing environment.

A new study suggests antibiotics could play a role in colony collapse disorder.

An extremely rare eyeless catfish species previously known to exist only in Mexico has been discovered in a National Recreation Area in Texas.

Researchers at UT Austin find the secret to increasing cotton production.

Microbiologists led by Brett Baker have discovered potential in bacteria that helped to clean up the BP oil spill.

Spending time in close contact with others often means risking catching germs and getting sick. But being sociable may also help transmit beneficial microbes, finds a multi-institutional study of gut microbiomes in chimpanzees.