Public discourse in recent years about an “insect apocalypse”—sometimes described as the loss of 75 percent of insects during the past 50 years—might sound overblown, because research has not been comprehensive and some studies have minimized the notion altogether. After completing research using federally funded biodiversity monitoring datasets from streams...
A team of international researchers that includes those from the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame has been honored with the George Mercer Award from the Ecological Society of America.
One undergraduate and three graduate students in the College of Science have received National Science Foundation (NSF) fellowships that will help fund their graduate studies. Audrey Miles The students include Audrey Miles, a senior undergraduate chemistry major with a concentration in computing and a supplementary major in theology; Cade Dembski,...
Evolution has occurred more rapidly than previously thought in the Chesapeake Bay wetlands, which may decrease the chance that coastal marshes can withstand future sea level rise, researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators demonstrated in a recent publication in Science.
Gains in carbon stored in upper American Midwest forests continued for more than 8,000 years before the industrial revolution were erased in less than two centuries, according to a new study in Scienceby researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators.
During the 2018 season, the researchers found that the eagles brought back 135 prey items to the nest.
