Compton received a Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

Professor Gerald Wilkinson and graduate student Danielle Adams found four bat lineages that live at least four times longer than similar-sized mammals and revealed new traits associated with bat longevity. Their work is described in a research paper, published in the April 10, 2019 issue of the journal Biology Letters.

Distinguished University Professor Catherine Carr finds alligators map sound the way birds do, suggesting the hearing strategy existed in their common ancestor and dinosaurs. The study was published in the Journal of Neuroscience on March 18, 2019.

A survey of research on aquatic noise pollution reveals huge gap in knowledge about impacts of human-generated noise in aquatic environments. Professor Emeritus Arthur Popper is the lead author of a review paper on the effects of human-generated, or anthropogenic, noise on fishes published on March 12, 2019 in the Journal of Fish Biology.

Nick Caruso (M.S. ’11, biology; advisor: Karen Lips) co-authored a book on animal fart facts that reached the No. 8 spot on The New York Times’ best-seller list in the science category. 

New study reveals regeneration of amputated body parts is not always an ancient trait and scientists might need to rethink the way they compare animals with regenerative abilities. The study, with co-author Associate Professor Alexandra Bely, was published in the March 6, 2019 issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Nine alumni of the college recently received appointments to tenure-track faculty positions at institutions around the globe. Biology's Gerald Carter (advisor: Professor Gerald Wilkinson) was included in that list.

A new study conducted by Biological Sciences graduate student Daniel Escobar-Camacho and Biology Professor Karen Carleton discovered how the peacock bass adapts to murky and clear water, possibly aiding in its invasion success. The study was published in the March 18, 2019 issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Scientists including Associate Research Scientist Eliezer Gurarie make an urgent plea for better snow data to understand how changing snowscapes are affecting the animals that live in high Northern latitudes. Their paper published in the journal Environmental Research Letters on January 8, 2019, explores the problem and urges government agencies and scientists to make immediate investments in specialized snow data that can improve the study of wildlife ecology and management in the Arctic.

He spoke about "The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Nature Works, and Why It Matters."