New research explores how superspreading affects pathogen evolution, revealing its role in shaping virulence and influencing ...

The term “ecosystem engineering” has been used for decades as a way to describe organisms that drastically alter their ...

Program in Ecology and Evolution Faculty & Emeritus represent many different departments and offer diverse expertise and interests, but all share a core commitment to research and graduate training in ...

A new study reveals that the majority of Earth’s species stem from a few evolutionary explosions, where new traits or habitats sparked rapid diversification. From flowers to birds, these bursts ...

The 10 snakes faced a tough predicament. Collected from the Colombian Amazon, they had been without food for several days in ...

A population genetic analysis conducted by researchers at University of Tsukuba has revealed that natural Japanese hinoki ...

A 2022 deep-sea voyage discovered a glowing shark and a delicate, porcelain crab species off the coast of Western Australia.

West Nile Virus was once a nominal concern for Utahns but since August 2003, when it was first detected in the Beehive State, ...

In Texas, biologists have documented an extraordinary bird — the natural hybrid offspring of a green jay and a blue jay. Once separated by millions of years of evolution and distinct ranges, the two ...

The rare bird, spotted in a backyard in Texas, is the first known blue jay-green jay hybrid in the wild, according to a new ...