News: Texas Field Station Network

In our endless summer, research on heat impacts offers insights on how best to adapt.

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

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...

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

A newly renovated and reimagined space for exploring the science of marine life and ecosystems is now open to the public, free of charge, on...

More than two-thirds of the Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station (SLP), which was home to forests, savannah, and wildlife inhabitants, burned in a fire.

Biologist Edward LeBrun is weaponizing a natural pathogen to use as a biocontrol for tawny crazy ants from South America that have become prevalent in...

A network of field stations helps scientists understand invasive species, climate change impacts and search for potential green fuels.

UT Austin scientists have demonstrated how to use a naturally occurring fungus to crush local populations of invasive tawny crazy ants.