Postdoctoral researcher, Emily Meineke (Davis Lab), former postdoctoral researcher, Barnabas Daru (Davis Lab) and Prof. Charles Davis teamed with Prof. Jonathan Davies, University of British Columbia to serve as co-editors of a special issue of Philosophical Transactions B, (v374:1763). 

The special issue is dedicated to looking at the creative...

Read more about Biological Collections for Understanding Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Mammals use their forelimbs for many activities including swimming, jumping, flying, climbing and digging. But how they evolved to do so is a mystery for scientists. Postdoc, Sophie Regnault (S. Pierce Lab) and Prof. Stephanie Pierce studied a highly-detailed musculoskeletal model of an echidna forelimb to shed light on how extinct mammals might have used their forelimbs. Echidnas are egg-laying mammals with many anatomical features in common with earlier mammal ancestors and can help bridge the gap between extinct and other...

Read more about Researchers Look to Echidnas to Shed Light on Forelimb Evolution in Mammals

Postdoc, James Crall joined former PhD student, Callin Switzer ('17, Hopkins Lab) and OEB professors, Benjamin de Bivort and Naomi Pierce to investigate the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on the bumblebee's nest behavior. Previous studies showed the pesticides reduced colony size, but how the reduction occurred was not known. In their study published in Science...

Read more about Pesticide Exposure Disrupts Bumblebee Nest Behavior

Congratulations to Scott Edwards and colleagues awarded the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Dimensions of Biodiversity program fund for their project, "US-BIOTA-Sao Paulo: Traits as predictors of adaptive diversification along the Brazilian Dry Diagonal." Edward's project is one of 10 new projects NSF is investing over $18 million to... Read more about Scott Edwards and Colleagues Awarded NSF's Dimensions of Biodiversity Funding

Congratulations to Prof. Peter Girguis, who will receive the 2018 Lowell Thomas Award at the October 27th Awards dinner at the Museum of Science. Read more about Peter Girguis Receives 2018 Lowell Thomas Award