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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...

An Amanita mushroom from a field site in Harvard Forest. This particular mushroom is the fruiting body of an ectomycorrhizal fungus associated with the roots of a Hemlock tree. Photo by Colin Averill.

Accolades

Three Natural Sciences Faculty Selected to Receive President's Associates Teaching Excellence Awards

The award recognizes faculty members who have achieved a consistent level of excellence in teaching undergraduate students.

President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award

Accolades

Chemist and Computational Biologist Elected Fellows of National Science Organization

AAAS fellows are chosen annually by their peers to recognize their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Ron Elber and William Press.

Research

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.

Illustration by Jenna Luecke.

Features

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...

Horseshoe Crab

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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...

Alston's singing mouse. Photo by Bret Pasch.

Accolades

Eight Natural Sciences Faculty Receive 2013 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards

The awards program is one of the nation's largest monetary teaching recognition programs in higher education, honoring outstanding performance in the classroom and dedication to...

Regents Award

Features

Understanding the Bachelor of Science and Arts (BSA) Degree

The College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin answers questions about the BSA option

A decorated graduation cap seen from behind is lined in burnt orange with the shape of Texas and Texas flag with a UT longhorn where the star of Texas would be. The graduate is looking on as others cross the graduation stage.

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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...

Tawny crazy ant

Research

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...

The Barton Springs Salamander (Eurycea sosorum) in Eliza Spring. Image courtesy of Hayley Gillespie.