A new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools — most of whom are female — are able to eat larger prey and reduce tooth damage when their preferred prey becomes depleted.

The matador bug’s vibrant red hind-leg flags are neither a mating display nor a distraction tactic, they’re part of an elaborate defense strategy.

A much-loved great horned owl named ‘Athena’ is viewable at The University of Texas at Austin center and field station.

New research solves a mystery as to why mitochondria in some plants evolve faster than others.

The worldwide decline in frog populations is due to a fast-spreading infection, but people also play a role.

Steven Phelps and his team found 68 brain regions in prairie voles associated with mating and bonding.

An award-winning composer came to class and had scientists lend an ear, resulting in music that’s all the buzz.

Justin Havird, Erik Iverson and their colleagues have identified genes involved in hybrid incompatibility in swordtail fishes.

Travis LaDuc, who oversees UT Austin’s herpetology collection at the Biodiversity Center in the College of Natural Sciences, spoke to UT News.