Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

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.

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.

Study measures speed of trap-jaw ant boxing

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

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.

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