News: Integrative Biology
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Bats Use Water Ripples to Hunt Frogs
As the male túngara frog serenades female frogs from a pond, he creates watery ripples that make him easier to target by rivals and predators...

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Symbiotic Fungi Inhabiting Plant Roots Have Major Impact on Atmospheric Carbon
Microscopic fungi that live in plants’ roots play a major role in the storage and release of carbon from the soil into the atmosphere, according...

Hungry Bats Spy on Neighbors to Find a Good Meal
The use of such social information by animals has been the subject of extensive research.

Scientist-Artists Bring Animals to Life in Japanese-Inspired Prints
Two researchers at the Texas Natural Science Center are combining art and science in a unique form that highlights a beauty in dead animals and...

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Singing Mice Protect Their Turf with High-Pitched Tunes
Two species of tawny brown singing mice that live deep in the mountain cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama set their boundaries by emitting...

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Texas Invasive Species Program Established at Brackenridge Field Lab
To combat and manage pesky invasive species such as fire ants, tawny crazy ants and Cactoblastis moths, the Texas Invasive Species Program has been established...

Novel Method Reveals Diet of Endangered Barton Springs Salamander
Using a novel technique that is less invasive, less lethal, and more informative than traditional methods, an alumna of The University of Texas at Austin...
