Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Scientists watch as water fleas take over new territory

2016-07-20

University of Illinois animal biology professor Carla Cáceres and graduate student Christopher Holmes led a study of Daphnia pulex, an aquatic crustacean, to gain insight into the ecology of ponds.

Current diversity pattern of North American mammals a ‘recent’ trend

2016-06-13

smiling man in front of shelves with animal skulls

In a study of fossils spanning 63 million years, University of Illinois animal biology professor Jonathan Marcot and his colleagues found that current patterns of mammal biodiversity in North America are a relatively recent phenomenon.

Researcher studies how animals puncture things

2016-04-23

Illinois animal biology professor Philip Anderson and his colleagues found that increasing the speed of a projectile enhances its ability to puncture an object more effectively than increasing its mass.

Forget butterflies and bees, box like an ant

2016-02-12

Study measures speed of trap-jaw ant boxing

Before nature selects, gene networks steer a course for evolution

2016-02-09

Biologists and mathematicians at the University of Illinois work together to examine the developmental sources of variation within and between species

Before nature selects, gene networks steer a course for evolution

2015-09-08

Biologists and mathematicians at the University of Illinois work together to examine the developmental sources of variation within and between species. Karen Sears, Associate Professor at the School of Integrative Biology and IGB faculty member, coauthored the new study.

Undergraduate student's research publication in Animal Behavior

2015-04-22

IB undergrad Sally Feng (’14) has her research published and spotlighted in the journal Animal Behavior.

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