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2018 World of Biology Photo Competition

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

Ecological Society of America honors Wendy Yang

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

Bloodsucking, disease-spreading ticks on screen at 2018 Insect Fear Film Festival

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.

Gene Robinson Awarded 2018 Wolf Prize in Agriculture

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.”

Agricultural fungicide attracts honey bees, study finds

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.

Wendy Yang honored as LEAP Scholar

College of LAS program supports promising assistant professors

Jessica Conroy featured among brilliant women climate scientists in the Guardian

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Two Illinois faculty members elected AAAS Fellows

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

Genomic study explores evolution of gentle ‘killer bees’ in Puerto Rico

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.

Seeing the world like a fish

Animal biologist develops app to see fishing lures through the eyes of a bass