News: Biodiversity and Sustainability

In some species, female and male butterflies apparently perceive colors differently.

Poison frogs are able to withstand a toxin which they use to deter predators, but not without a cost.

Among U.S. universities, UT ranks 17th in natural sciences, 8th in physical sciences and 7th in chemistry.

University of Texas at Austin integrative biology professor Shalene Jha studies critical link in the web of life: plants and pollinators.

An invasive grass causing havoc in Texas and contributing to wildfires packs a one-two wallop against native plants. Guinea grass uses a combination of crowding...

Go deep in the heart of science this month and next.

Traditionally, it has been assumed that cultivating food leads to a loss of biodiversity and negative impacts on an ecosystem.

A new study has startling conclusions about how, on smaller islands in the Caribbean where human impact was greatest, extinctions have led to the loss...

Nancy Moran receives the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology from the National Academy of Sciences.

Felicity Muth's fascination with insects from a young age has led her to a career of researching bee cognition and sharing her knowledge with others.