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Scientists Find New Clues to Explain Amazonian Biodiversity

Study of ants reveals that Amazonian biodiversity likely arose from ice age climate change and ancient flooding.

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Call for Assisted Migration

An international team of conservation scientists calls for new conservation tactics, such as assisted migration, in the face of the growing threat of climate change.

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Giant Cane and the Little Wasp That Could

Larry Gilbert will work with the USDA to investigate biological control for an invasive cane grass that is choking waterways across North America.

Bacteria "house"

Smart Materials Get Smarter

A dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic 3-D structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemist Jason Shear and his former graduate student Bryan Kaehr.

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Ulrich Mueller at BFL

Into the Field

Biologist Ulrich Mueller is recognized for his innovative work on fungus-growing ants and for his dedication to combining natural history with modern evolutionary-genomic techniques.