School of Integrative Biology

James B. Nardi's latest book is published by The University of Chicago Press.

In Panama's lowland tropical forest, tree species growing on low phosphorus soils grew faster, on average, than species growing on high phosphorus soils. Credit:

Deadline for submissions: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 5 pm Exhibit of Entries: 2-4 PM, April 19, 2018 284 Morrill Hall

The Ecological Society of America has named Wendy H. Yang, a professor of plant biology and geology at Illinois, as an Early Career Fellow.

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.

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.”

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.

College of LAS program supports promising assistant professors

What does a sexist Google engineer teach us about women in science?

Animal biology professor Carla Caceres is a new Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science