The Conversation: Dung Beetle Mothers Protect Their Offspring from a Warming World by Digging Deeper
Everyone is feeling the heat these days – even species that develop underground.
Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Five UT graduate students have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
Lou Gross Named 2022 Macebearer
Lou Gross receives the 2022 Macebearer Award, UT’s highest faculty honor.
Whew! ‘Rotty Top’ Is a Flower Worth Sniffing
The “corpse flower” smells like a rotting body when it blooms.
The Conversation: Why Are Some Mushrooms Poisonous?
Karen Hughes, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, addresses the question of why some mushrooms are poisonous and some are not.
Evolution of Tropical Biodiversity Hotspots
While scientists agree that most biological diversity originated in the tropics, the jury is still out on how tropical species diversity formed and how it is maintained. A new study by UT researchers published in Science addresses these long-standing questions.
Professor Studies Bird Songs Revealed during Pandemic
When Elizabeth Derryberry saw how dramatically traffic decreased during shutdowns to limit the spread of COVID-19, the University of Knoxville, Tennessee, professor wondered how the reduced noise might affect bird song.
UT Designated a Bee Campus
A team from across campus has come together to make life better for pollinators at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville through outreach, community engagement, education, and project areas.
McClung Museum Revamps Annual Darwin Day Celebration
UT’s McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will host a family day from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday.
Study: Fire-Spawned Fungi Hide in Other Organisms
When a wildfire obliterates a forest, the first life to rise from the ashes is usually a fungus—one of several species that cannot complete its life cycle without fire.
Study: Underground Fungal Relationships Key to Thriving Plants
For a plant to thrive, it needs the help of a friendly fungus—preferably one that will dig its way deep into the cells of the plant’s roots.
Study: Tropical Species and Communities Are Responding to Climate Change
The effects of climate change in the tropics are manifesting as changes in species abundances, shifts in ranges, and changes in the timing of life history events, like fruiting and flowering of trees, according to a literature review published in the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics and authored by a UT professor.