Most cross-species mating is merely unsuccessful in producing offspring. However, when researchers mated worms of different species, they saw devastating consequences for the female worms.
Students live and breathe scholarship through living-learning program.
Over 38,000 personal computers power the grid used to predict the genetic relationships between biological samples.
Smaller Body Size Is One of the Fastest Environmental Changes Ever Seen, UMD-led Research Team Says
39-year bloom count reveals changes due to warmer climate
Simulated blindness gives adult mice sharper hearing. Image: Emily Petrus and Amal Isaiah
UMD research shows how the brain controls odor processing. Photo: Robert K. Maurer
Researchers find the birds' migration route gets straighter with age. Photo: Joe Duff/copyright Operation MIgration USA Inc.
Not-so-horrid native snake keeps Lyme disease in check, a UMD team finds. Photo: Ed Kabay
A discovery by a University of Maryland-led research team offers hope for treating serious visual problems that are permanent unless corrected in early childhood. Illustration: Loretta Kuo