Ecology & Evolution
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Neighborhood street trees in Baltimore tell a tale of both historical racial discrimination and modern reparation, according to new UMD-led study.
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UMD researchers use soundscapes to monitor biodiversity in the world’s largest rainforest and what may be putting it at risk.
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Rafael Andrade spoke at the Dec. 2019 Science on Tap lecture about how forest fires cause local extinction of specialized species.
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Distinguished University Professor Margaret A. Palmer argues that the environmental impacts of mountaintop removal cannot be mitigated by simply creating new streams.
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Ten stories—one from each of our departments—highlight some of the most exciting scientific discoveries made by faculty members in the college during the last half-century.
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UMD biologist finds alligators map sound the way birds do, suggesting the hearing strategy existed in their common ancestor and dinosaurs.
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New study reveals regeneration of amputated body parts is not always an ancient trait and scientists might need to rethink the way they compare animals with regenerative abilities.
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Scientists make an urgent plea for better snow data to understand how changing snowscapes are affecting the animals that live in high Northern latitudes.
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New UMD-led research upends long-standing assumptions about the feeding habits of varroa mites, a primary threat to honey bees worldwide.
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Using miniature sensors strapped to bats, researchers tracked the animals’ locations and calls to determine whether they searched for food alone or with others.
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Researchers created and trained a machine learning algorithm to assign risk probabilities to 150,000 plant species worldwide.
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UMD-led research team observes frog populations persisting in Panamanian forest, a decade after decimation by chytrid fungus.
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