Biology

Parasites play significant roles in human health, wildlife biology, and agriculture, but for most parasites, researchers still lack an accurate picture of their distributions, host associations, or ecology. Museum specimens play a fundamental role in...

The University of New Mexico’s College of Arts and Sciences has named Luis Campos, Irene Salinas and Owen Whooley as Regents’ Lecturers—a distinguishing title bestowed on selected tenured, junior faculty members that merit recognition of their...

Looking at the past may help the future when combating some viruses in humans, especially the evolutionary history of hantaviruses. Schuyler Liphardt, who is working on his Ph.D. in biology at The University of New Mexico, is part of a team that...

What do termites, elephants, whales, hyenas, and some human societies have in common? The core of their societies is female. According to a new study led by researchers at The University of New Mexico researchers, females – not males – may provide the...

There are thousands upon thousands of viruses in our various environments affecting our everyday life in a variety of ways. Many of those viruses infect humans by entering and exploiting the nasal route. Scientists at The University of New Mexico are...

There’s no doubt that climate change is affecting ecosystems as well as the lifestyles of plants and animals around the globe. As temperatures rise, so do the complexity of the issues. Scientists, both in the United States and around the world, are...

University of New Mexico graduate student Monika “Mo” Hobbs has been conducting research along the Chama River and El Vado Dam in northern New Mexico to attempt to learn how the flow of water affects invertebrates and their environment. Last year, Hobbs...

For decades, Scott Collins has studied the impacts of natural disturbances and environmental change on grasslands in North America and South Africa to learn how rainfall variability, temperature changes and shrub encroachment affect these globally...

The Museum of Southwestern Biology hosts The Science of Biodiversity in the CERIA Building on Sunday, March 31 from 2-5 p.m. The Science of Biodiversity is an open-collections event that is free and open to the public. The Museum of Southwestern Biology...

University of New Mexico student Timothy Ohlert, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biology, is one of 10 students selected by the Ecological Society of America (ESA) to be honored with this year’s Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award...