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New Facility to Help Oiled Wildlife at Marine Science Institute
Only facility in South Texas designed specifically for handling oiled wildlife will help wildlife affected by oil spills.
In the Race of Life, Better an Adaptable Tortoise than a Fit Hare
When it comes to survival of the fittest, it’s sometimes better to be an adaptable tortoise than a fitness-oriented hare, researchers say.
When Climate Change Isn't the Only Answer
Climate change might not be to blame for all cases of species - like pollinators and the flowers that depend on them - being out of sync.
Think Globally, But Act Locally When Studying Plants, Animals, Global Warming, Researchers Advise
Global warming is clearly affecting plants and animals, but we should not try to tease apart the specific contribution of greenhouse gas driven climate change to extinctions or declines of species.
Huk is Winner of the 2011 Vision Sciences Society Young Investigator Award
Neurobiologist chosen for broad range of techniques he has brought to bear on fundamental questions of visual processing and decision making.
When the Blind Can See Like Bats
Bat biologist George Pollak discusses human echolocation and the ways in which bats and people are surprisingly similar.
Top Graduate Programs Recognized by U.S. News & World Report
Students at the Brackenridge Field Lab, a key component of the 6th ranked Ecology, Evolution and Behavior graduate program. Photo by Wyatt McSpadden. Several college graduate programs rank among the nation’s top ten in this year's 2012 U.S. News & World Report survey of graduate schools. Biological Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology – ...
Science and Business Students Win Top Prize at Biotechnology Case Competition
A team of graduate students from the McCombs School of Business and the College of Natural Sciences won top prize last month at the Wake Forest University Biotechnology Conference and Case Competition.
To Spank or Not to Spank: Is It Still A Question?
Elizabeth Gershoff studies the impact of corporal punishment (and other, more severe forms of physical punishment) on children. I sat down with her to ask her the big questions about spanking.
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