A Week in the Dark Rewires Brain Cell Networks and Changes Hearing in Mice

University of Maryland researchers showed sight deprivation changes how groups of neurons work together and alters their sensitivity to different frequencies.

Two Science Terps Among 2020 Rhodes Scholarship Finalists

Biological sciences major Maïgane Diop and Nipun Kottage (B.S. ’19, biochemistry; B.S. ’19, anthropology) were among the finalists for the world’s most prestigious award for international study.

Birdsong, Chimp Calls and Baby Talk

Broad University of Maryland expertise on the gap between how human language developed from a limited set of vocal actions to the incredibly complex systems of meaning we use today is strongly featured in a new special edition of the august British journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

Three Seniors in College Honored as 2019 Merrill Presidential Scholars

Manuella Djomaleu, Jillian Kunze and Nicholas Poniatowski honored as three of the university’s most successful seniors.

Nemo’s Cousins Have a Way of Finding Him

Clownfish, made famous by the movie Finding Nemo, may have their own secret way of finding friends and anenomes. They can see ultraviolet (UV) light and are good at discerning different colors, according to a new study co-authored by Professor Karen Carleton in Scientific Reports.

Philip Johnson to Speak at UMD's Bioscience Day 2019

The assistant professor will speak on "Here a CRISPR, There a CRISPR: Why Not Everywhere a CRISPR?"

Who Goes Farthest? The World’s Longest Wild Animal Terrestrial Migrations And Movements

Global study confirms caribou as longest migrator and reveals even greater distances traveled by animals without regular migratory pattern.

Scientists Discover Interaction Between Good and Bad Fungi That Drives Forest Biodiversity

University of Maryland and Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers found that differences in soil fungus explain why tree species fare better in small numbers, a phenomenon that promotes forest diversity

Associate Professor Alexandra Bely Receives Major NSF Award

Bely will receive nearly $1 million in funding to support her project titled "Catalyzing regeneration research by developing functional tools for post-embryonic stages."

UMD Biological Sciences Major Justin Lee Describes Two New Geckos in His Eighth First-Author Paper

Senior Justin Lee helps curate the Smithsonian’s collections of amphibians and reptiles from Myanmar and publishes his findings along the way.

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