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."

Biological sciences major Danielle Arons honored Principal Lecturer Reid Compton.

Jake Schlenoff, a senior biological sciences major who works with Professor Kennedy Paynter, joined a crew aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in the Gulf of Maine.

He was honored for his contributions to the College Park Scholars Life Sciences program.

Compton stepped down after serving as director for nearly 10 years. Parent most recently served as director of the biological sciences program at the Universities at Shady Grove.

He is the first Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator to take a faculty position at UMD.

Biological sciences majors Ilan Goldstein and Lydia Mazze will work in Biology labs this summer.

Global-scale analysis of losses due to chytrid fungus paints a grim picture: 500 species declines, 90 of which have already been lost. The study, conducted by a team including Professor Karen Lips, concluded that chytridiomycosis is singlehandedly responsible for the greatest loss of biodiversity due to a disease. The team published its findings in the March 29, 2019, issue of the journal Science.