News: Biodiversity and Sustainability

Lee Clippard has been selected to serve as executive director of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the official botanic garden and arboretum of Texas.

A new study shows that nitrogen-fixing trees could help forests remove more heat-trapping COS from the atmosphere than previously thought.

Frogs are also struggling through their own pandemic that has several eerie parallels with COVID-19.

This native grass can capture atmospheric carbon in its substantial root system.

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center has been integral for UT Austin's involvement in life sciences research.

Numerous studies have found negative impacts of agrochemicals, such as neonicotinoids, on both honey bees and native bees, and researchers like Felicity Muth and her...

Technology allows scientists to gather data where they never could before.

The loss of plant species that are especially vulnerable to climate change might lead to bigger problems than previous studies have suggested

Caroline Farrior has been awarded for her research on forest ecosystem dynamics through mathematical modeling.

With much of the world practicing social distancing, walks and other opportunities to get outdoors are the highlight of many people's days right now.