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Climate Change and Habitat Loss Are Big Factors in Frog Pandemic
The worldwide decline in frog populations is due to a fast-spreading infection, but people also play a role.
![A small frog perches on a large rock](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/frog-thumb.jpg)
First Brainwide Map Shows How Sex and Intimacy Rewire the Brain
Steven Phelps and his team found 68 brain regions in prairie voles associated with mating and bonding.
![A pair of small furry rodents snuggle](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/prairie-voles-aubrey-kelly-2400x1600.jpg)
UT Entomologists Collaborate on Insect-Inspired Album
An award-winning composer came to class and had scientists lend an ear, resulting in music that’s all the buzz.
![A young treehopper photographed at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory polllinator garden is one of the insects that inspired a scientist-musician collaboraiton. Credit: Alex Wild](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/3f8120a8-be6a-46c2-be48-b7f25ea1c396.png)
Genes That ‘Don’t Play Well Together’ Drive Development of Distinct Species
Justin Havird, Erik Iverson and their colleagues have identified genes involved in hybrid incompatibility in swordtail fishes.
![Fish swimming in an aquarium](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/birchmanni_m_1-1200x800.jpg)
UT News
What Happens to the UT Turtles When it Gets Cold Outside?
Travis LaDuc, who oversees UT Austin’s herpetology collection at the Biodiversity Center in the College of Natural Sciences, spoke to UT News.
![Three turtles sit atop a rock in a pond reflecting the UT Tower and trees](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/turtle-pond-2021-1128-900x600.jpg)
Natural Labs: UT Field Stations Help Predict Drought Impact
UT scientists study how droughts affect local ecosystems at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory and the Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station.
![A wooden frame with clear pastic cover sits in a field of grass and shrubs surrounded by trees](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/droughtnet-bfl2400x1350.jpg)
Tracking the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Webs in the Arctic
New research provides the latest evidence that climate change is having an impact on food webs in high-latitude ecosystems.
![One scientist in protective clothing against insects leans over a metal circle in a grassy area, while another dressed similarly taking notes seated in the grass nearby](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/scientists-experiment-protective-clothing-3-2.jpg)