Announcements

UT Austin’s Continued Commitment to Biological Field Lab Research

The University of Texas at Austin has a long tradition of field station-based research in ecology and biology.

UT News

Spooky Science: Arctic Wolf Spiders’ Eating Habits Are Shifting Over Time

Integrative biology professor Amanda Koltz explores the ways that arctic wolf spiders’ diets are shifting over time in a recent paper.

Features

Now 50 Years Old, One of the World’s Most Diverse Collection of Organisms Lives On at UT

David Nobles Jr., curator of the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, looks back and explains why algae matter in research.

UT News

Student Researchers Gain Hands-On Experience in UT’s Turtle Pond

Since 2022, students have recorded data on the turtles on UT’s campus, and they recently published their research.

Features

Meet Iris Schmeder, Undergraduate Frog Researcher

A chance encounter in a hallway and hands-on learning opportunities sparked her passion for research.

Research

Publishing in a Leading Journal as Undergraduates

Three undergraduate researchers published with a team in Nature, shedding new light on a microbe and its host.

Features

Science vs. Screwworms: How UT Research Inspired Our Best Weapon

Key to earlier eradications of the threat was a University of Texas discovery that’s still proving useful today.

Features

Can This Scientist’s Proposal Save Coral Reefs in Our Hemisphere?

Evolutionary expert Misha Matz makes a splash with a controversial proposal that could save Caribbean coral reefs.

UT News

Inside the Tower’s Herbarium

The Billy L. Turner Plant Resources Center, a research collection, holds a vast array of Texas specimens.