Ecology & Evolution
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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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Award came from the National Science Foundation’s Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools (EDGE) program.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scholarship will provide up to $9,500 per year for two years.
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University of Maryland biologists have trained African cichlids, originally from Lake Malawi, to perform behavioral experiments to explore the limits of the fishes' color vision.
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Newly sequenced algal genome shows that adaptations essential for land plants evolved before land plants did.
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Created by alumni to honor their educator and mentor, this is the first endowed professorship in biology.
