News: Integrative Biology
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Scientists on the Trail of Central Texas’ Elusive Satan Fish
The fish are part of a project to monitor the overall ecological health of Central Texas aquifers and better understand how water flows through them.
Visualizing Science 2017: Finding the Hidden Beauty in College Research
Five years ago the College of Natural Sciences began an annual tradition called Visualizing Science with the intent of finding the inherent beauty hidden within...
Cracking the Code: Why Flu Pandemics Come At the End of Flu Season
Graduate student Spencer Fox and his colleagues found strong evidence that the late timing of flu pandemics is caused by two opposing factors.
UT Austin and Texas A&M Scientists Seek to Turn Plant Pests into Plant Doctors
Sap-sucking pests could deliver gene therapy to plants under attack from diseases, droughts or floods
Why Poison Frogs Don’t Poison Themselves
The answer might provide clues for developing better drugs to fight pain and addiction
Project Explores Fate of Coral Reefs and Related Life
Researchers around the world, including UT Austin's Misha Matz, published a paper which could help predict the future of coral reefs in a changing environment.
Meet Six Incredible Women from UT Austin Science History
From the first woman mathematician inducted into the National Academy of Science to an astronomer who helped us understand how galaxies evolve, the women of...
Overuse of Antibiotics Brings Risks for Bees — and for Us
A new study suggests antibiotics could play a role in colony collapse disorder.
Professor Mike Ryan Receives Lifetime Career Award
“Mike Ryan is one of the most influential animal behaviorists working in the world today, and as such is highly deserving of this lifetime award.”
Mathew Leibold Named Fellow of Ecological Society of America
Mathew Leibold, a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin, was elected a fellow by the Ecological Society of America (ESA).