School of Integrative Biology

Silver bullet or jumping the gun? This summer, for the first time, genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the U.S. within the states of Florida and Texas. On May 1, 2020, the company Oxitec received an ...

James O’Dwyer has been named a 2020–2021 fellow at the ...

For the second year, University of Illinois Extension is calling all lovers of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators that keep our crops and gardens growing to join scientists in tracking their distribution and habitat use across the state.

Lisa Ainsworth, a research plant physiologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service and adjunct professor of plant biology and...

Carl Bernacchi honored for contributions in education and research

Entomology professor Adam Dolezal and his colleagues found that infection with the Israeli acute paralysis virus increases the likelihood that infected bees are accepted by foreign colonies.

Scientists, including entomology professor Marianne Alleyne, are exploring the structural and chemical characteristics of cicada wings. This work, in part, is supported by a grant from the U.S. Army, as mentioned in a recent interview on...

This is the story of three bird species and how they interact. The brown-headed cowbird plays the role of outlaw: It lays its eggs in other birds’ nests and lets them raise its young – often at the expense of the host’s nestlings. To combat this threat, yellow warblers have developed a special “...

Brendan Morris discovered a new genus and species of treehopper. He named it in honor of the musical artist Lady Gaga.