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Former IBIO graduate student Zachary Laubach led research on hyena social networking and stress.

Erin Zylstra and Elise Zipkin publish research in Nature Ecology and Evolution using data from volunteers documenting decline in Eastern Monach populations over fourteen years.

Elizabeth Tinsley Johnson is the first author of "The Goldilocks Effect: Female Geladas in Mid-sized Groups Have Higher Fitness," which examines optimal group size in a population of wild geladas.

Elena Litchman awarded the 2021 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award. This award is presented annually to a limnologist or oceanographer who has made considerable contributions to the field.

Ingo Braasch and international research team publish in "Science" evidence of much earlier eye-brain nerve connection than previously thought.

Phoebe Zarnetske discusses paper on climate intervention published in "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States" (PNAS).

Richard Lenski, founder of the E. coli Long-Term Evolution Project, has been chosen as the recipient of the Society for the Study of Evolution's Evolution Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his remarkable research, outstanding mentorship, and noteworthy service to the evolution community.

Zoology major, Aalayna Green, reflects on presenting her research at the Pathways Africa Conference in Kenya in early 2020. Her research is at the intersection of women’s empowerment and conservation criminology.

Standing with the MSU Black Community. Open letter to the Department.

A study led by Elise Zipkin, featured on the cover of Science magazine, should sound alarm bells regarding the “biodiversity crisis” or the loss of wildlife around the world.

In a recent study, María Aranguren-Gassis and a team led by Elena Litchman questioned this widely held belief that evolution will rescue phytoplankton species from changes in climate.

Kay Holekamp, one of the world's leading behavioral ecologists, has been awarded the 2019 Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award from the Animal Behavior Society, in recognition of her outstanding career in animal behavior.

Birds use odor to identify other birds. Danielle Whittakers and her colleagues have shown that if the bacteria that produce the odor is altered, it could negatively impact a bird’s ability to communicate with other birds or find a mate.