News

Accolades

Brett Baker Receives Simons Award

The faculty member who helped envision a changed the tree of life received the award.

Brett Baker in a zippered shirt stands in a lab in front of cabinets

Research

Long-Living Tropical Trees Play Outsized Role in Carbon Storage

A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass.

Irene del Carmen Torres Dominguez measures the diameter of a tree on Barro Colorado Island in Panama.

Features

Austin’s Other Orange Butterfly: the Gulf Fritillary

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Features

Some Virus History and Origins

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Features

Campus Biodiversity: Northern Mockingbirds

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UT News

Pandemic Model Shows Importance of Social Distancing in 22 Texas Cities

A new pandemic model of COVID-19 shows the positive role social distancing can play in preventing the spread of the illness in areas across Texas.

A map of texas with counties shaded in different colors

Features

Are Viruses Alive?

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Austin Spring Insects: Crane Flies

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Features

Trees of BFL: Spanish Oak

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Features

Two Georges and a Field Lab That Almost Wasn't

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