As 2025 comes to a close, take some time to revisit our most-read stories of the year and discover some that you may have missed.

By “showing” a computer numerous images of verified white rhinos in a South African reserve, the model learns enough about their telltale shapes and sizes to identify them in pixelated images captured from hundreds of miles above. 

Eric Malcolm of the UMD Bee Lab sheds light on how honey bees plan and perform remarkable feats of survival during the coldest time of year—and what we can do to help them.

UMD mathematicians identified vaccination strategies that could completely eliminate HPV-related cancers. 

After 37 years at UMD, she reflects on decades of department growth, research innovation and mentorship.

The dual-degree student in computer science and international relations plans to pursue master’s degrees in global security and cybersecurity.

Jenan El-Hifnawi (B.S. ’22, biological sciences) is a master’s student in the University of Maryland’s Department of Entomology. 

UMD computer scientists warn of a collapse of critical infrastructures like biosecurity and cybersecurity unless developers get ahead of the issue

A new University of Maryland study of campus air samples revealed that chemical compounds from Canada’s historic 2023 fires lingered in the air, forming an ‘atmospheric soup.’

UMD researchers discovered a new method to extract significantly more information from existing satellite-based fire detection systems.