News

The Next 50 Years: A Global Census of Life

January 10, 2020 • by Marc Airhart

Biologist David Hillis aims to discover the 80 percent of species on Earth that scientists know nothing about in the next few decades.

Features

The Texas Eight: Love ‘Em, Hate ‘Em, or Drink ‘Em

January 9, 2020 • by Nicole Elmer

Features

Space Limitations in UT’s Fluid-preserved Fish Collection – An Opportunistic Test of a Space-efficient Shelving Strategy

December 18, 2019 • by Adam Cohen, Dean Hendrickson, Melissa Casarez

Research

Scientists Identify Genes that Help Protect Plant Genomes

December 18, 2019 • by Grace Dickens

The discovery holds important implications for our understanding of age-related disorders and cancers in humans.

Features

Texas Alligator Lizard

December 17, 2019 • by Nicole Elmer

Announcements

Meet the New Faculty Members in Natural Sciences

December 13, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Features

Melissa Kemp Combines Art and Science in Study of Lizards

December 12, 2019 • by Cason Hunwick

Melissa Kemp, an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, studies how extinction, biological diversification and colonization are shaped by environmental upheavals.

Features

Trees of BFL: Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)

December 9, 2019 • by Nicole Elmer, George Yatskievych

Research

A Big Brain Was a Good Thing for Ancient Carnivores, New Study Finds

December 6, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Features

Campus Biodiversity: Pigeons

December 2, 2019 • by Nicole Elmer