UMD neurobiologists show that the reactivation of a mechanism called synaptic proteolysis by darkness can be used to promote recovery from visual disorders.

As 2019 comes to a close, revisit our most-read stories of the year and discover some that you may have missed.

In the largest-ever caribou study a University of Maryland-led team disputes long-held assumptions about migration timing and suggests warming summers may negatively affect calving.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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