Congratulations to E.O. Wilson, recipient of the 2016 Humane Society of New York Humane Medal! The Humane Society chose Prof. Wilson for his lifetime of work, his pioneering efforts to protect the biodiversity of the planet, and in recognition of his 32nd book, "Half Earth."
Congratulations to OEB IB concentrator, Julius G. Bright Ross '17, one of three students to receive the 2017 Marshall Scholarship. Bright Ross hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in Zoology at the University of Oxford....
Congratulations to Elena Kramer, Bussey Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Martin Nowak, Professor of Mathematics and Biology, recipients of the 2016 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching! ...
Postdoctoral Fellow, Melissa Whitaker's (N. Pierce Lab) study published in Frontiers In Microbiology, shows that, unlike most herbivores, lycaenid butterflies do not rely on bacterial symbioses to mediate their diet.
James Hanken is part of a team of scientists that have discovered three new speices of minute salamanders in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. Until this discovery, only a single species had been reported from the region. The three new salamanders, in the genus Thorius, are the tiniest tailed tetrapods known to science. Featured in:...
Pardis Sabeti is part of two teams of scientists that reported a genetic mutation that may have made Ebola more deadly by improving the virus’s ability to enter human cells. The study in the current issue of Cell analyzed thousands of Ebola genomes before discovering the deadly mutation. Full coverage in...
Research Associate, Ricardo Mallarino, and Hopi Hoekstra looked to the African striped mouse to investigate the periodic stripes pattern, which is common in mammals. Their findings, published in the lastest issue of Nature, reveal the mechanisms that lead to the evolution of these patterns. Media...
OEB Graduate Student, Molly Edwards (Kramer Lab) is creator and host of the YouTube channel, "Science IRL." Edwards takes viewers inside working labs for an up-close view of the daily work of scientists, bringing to life everything you learned in your science textbook....
Congratulations to Elena Kramer, Bussey Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Martin Nowak, Professor of Mathematics and Biology, recipients of the 2016 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching! ...
