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Dr. Larry Gilbert and colleagues have found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to splitting into two distinct species based on wing color and mate preference. Check out NSF's audio slideshow!

Using a pair of tweezers, a UT graduate student carefully lifted a nylon mesh square about the size of a thumbnail out of a small flask in his team’s lab.The nylon had been soaking in a clear, watery ...

Researchers from University of Texas Austin have looked at the abundance of the 28 most common species of coastal birds on Mustang Island, Texas over a 29-year period (1979-2007). They found that during these three decades, 10 species experienced significant declines in abundance ranging from 39 pe...

Fish that use electric fields to sense their environments dim their signals to save energy during the day when they are resting. Sternopygus macrurus, a

The new H1N1 flu is spreading like a wildfire across the globe. It's the first flu pandemic the world has seen since 1968, and many people are holding their

Jason Shear's chemistry laboratory has developed a technology that enables researchers to utilize microscopic three-dimensional protein structures. The

The complete asexuality of a widespread fungus-gardening ant, the only ant species in the world known to have dispensed with males entirely, has been confirmed

It might not sound like crooners singing about love on the radio, but bats sing love songs to each other too, say researchers at The University of Texas at

Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine profiles Tony Amos and his lifetime of work monitoring the Texas Gulf Coast at the Marine Science Institute.

Austin (KXAN) - BLauren Ancel Meyers and Paul Damien (McCombs School) have received a $3 million grant to study how to deal with the H1N1 virus if and when it strikes again.

Jay Falk inspects a tall reed resembling bamboo that grows abundantly along the banks of dry Shoal Creek and smiles when he sees tiny holes in one of the side shoots. It was here, he's sure: a nonstinging wasp close to his heart. In its larval stage, it l

Microfluidic cavities can be built around swimming bacteria using photopolymerisation, say US scientists. The method makes it quicker and easier to use the bacteria's motion as a power source, they claim.