Biology

Warmer and drier climate conditions in western U.S. forests are making it less likely that trees can regenerate after wildfires. Scientists at The University of New Mexico are experimenting and learning about reforestation and the challenges presented by...

Dr. Kwane Stewart, a University of New Mexico alumnus (’93), was recently named CNN’s 2023 Hero of the Year for his work providing veterinary care to the pets of people experiencing homelessness in California. “As I get older, I start thinking about...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, assistant professor of Biology and head of the Syed Neural Diversity Lab at The University of New Mexico, has been named as a 2023 Young Investigator grantee by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. This year’s funding will...

The University of New Mexico Women in Technology (WIT) organization recently announced the lineup of its annual event, ‘Empowerment - Live Without Limits’ on Thursday, Dec. 7, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the UNM Student Union Building in the Acoma and Lobo...

What makes us “human”? Students can explore the human species' evolutionary history, genetics, anatomy, physiology, development, and behavior while setting a career course in the new Human Biology Undergraduate Concentration offered through the...

In 2011, Felisa Smith, Distinguished Professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, was discussing science communications with then-graduate student Mason Ryan. Distinguished Professor Felisa Smith “It was after another of those episodes where...

Students from The University of New Mexico and local high schools recently had the opportunity to meet and brainstorm with experts in the field of neuroscience at the Specification of Complex Behaviors  symposium held on the UNM campus. Senior...

A new symposium at The University of New Mexico will bring together students and researchers of neuroscience to look at the progress made and brainstorm about the future. Specification of Complex Behaviors will be held Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 30-31,...

If you travel up stream to the tip-top of the headwaters in the San Juan Range of the Colorado Rockies, you’ll reach the very beginning of the Rio Grande River, and what happens at the very top helps determine the quality and quantity of water that we...

After a three-year hiatus, the Museum of Southwestern Biology’s annual open collections tour recently returned – better than ever. Over the course of two separate events, Evolution Revealed brought 600 people into the museum to view some of the four...