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First Brainwide Map Shows How Sex and Intimacy Rewire the Brain
Steven Phelps and his team found 68 brain regions in prairie voles associated with mating and bonding.
![A pair of small furry rodents snuggle](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/prairie-voles-aubrey-kelly-2400x1600.jpg)
UT Entomologists Collaborate on Insect-Inspired Album
An award-winning composer came to class and had scientists lend an ear, resulting in music that’s all the buzz.
![A young treehopper photographed at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory polllinator garden is one of the insects that inspired a scientist-musician collaboraiton. Credit: Alex Wild](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/3f8120a8-be6a-46c2-be48-b7f25ea1c396.png)
Genes That ‘Don’t Play Well Together’ Drive Development of Distinct Species
Justin Havird, Erik Iverson and their colleagues have identified genes involved in hybrid incompatibility in swordtail fishes.
![Fish swimming in an aquarium](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/birchmanni_m_1-1200x800.jpg)
Natural Labs: UT Field Stations Help Predict Drought Impact
UT scientists study how droughts affect local ecosystems at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory and the Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station.
![A wooden frame with clear pastic cover sits in a field of grass and shrubs surrounded by trees](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/droughtnet-bfl2400x1350.jpg)
Tracking the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Webs in the Arctic
New research provides the latest evidence that climate change is having an impact on food webs in high-latitude ecosystems.
![One scientist in protective clothing against insects leans over a metal circle in a grassy area, while another dressed similarly taking notes seated in the grass nearby](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/scientists-experiment-protective-clothing-3-2.jpg)