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How Electric Fish Were Able to Evolve Electric Organs

How small genetic changes enabled electric fish to evolve electric organs.

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Living Laboratories: Field Stations Offer Opportunities for Real-World Science

A network of field stations helps scientists understand invasive species, climate change impacts and search for potential green fuels.

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March of the Central Texas Butterflies

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A Northern Cardinal in North Austin

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Meet Stengl-Wyer Scholar: Ummat Somjee

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Invading Hordes of Crazy Ants May Have Finally Met Their Kryptonite

UT Austin scientists have demonstrated how to use a naturally occurring fungus to crush local populations of invasive tawny crazy ants.

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Trees of BFL: the Redbud

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It's Raining Fish! The Ichthyology Collection Now Holds Rare Fish Rain Specimens

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