Ticks are the 2018 Insect Fear Film Festival theme, despite the fact that they are not insects but arachnids. Festival founder and entomology professor May Berenbaum chose ticks because, as global disease vectors, it is important for people to understand them.
Publication Date: 15 February 2018
IGB Director Gene Robinson has been awarded the 2018 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for “leading the genomics revolution in the organismal and population biology of the honey bee.”
Publication Date: 13 February 2018
Entomology professor May Berenbaum, left, and postdoctoral researcher Ling-Hsiu Liao found that honey bees have a slight preference for food laced with the fungicide chlorothalonil at certain concentrations.
Publication Date: 12 January 2018
College of LAS program supports promising assistant professors
Publication Date: 23 December 2017
What does a sexist Google engineer teach us about women in science?
Publication Date: 12 December 2017
Animal biology professor Carla Caceres is a new Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Date: 27 November 2017
Prominent ranking is based upon how often their research is cited
Publication Date: 18 November 2017
Animal biologist develops app to see fishing lures through the eyes of a bass
Publication Date: 17 November 2017
From left, Matthew Hudson, Arian Avalos, Gene Robinson and their colleagues found genomic signatures associated with the evolution of gentle behavior in Puerto Rico’s Africanized honey bees.
Publication Date: 16 November 2017
Like a Hydra, some plants grow bigger and boost their chemical defenses after being clipped.
Publication Date: 11 October 2017