Stories indexed under: Zoology

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• Eleven professors appointed to named professorships Oct. 6, 2011 Eleven distinguished faculty members have received named professorships, some of the highest honors for established faculty.
• Precipitation, predators may be key in ecological regulation of infectious disease April 14, 2011 A little information can go a surprisingly long way when it comes to understanding rodent-borne infectious disease, as shown by a new study led by John Orrock from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• UW-Madison trio named Leopold Leadership Fellows Feb. 28, 2011 Three University of Wisconsin-Madison professors are among only 20 academics from throughout North America chosen this year to participate in a prestigious environmental leadership and communications training program.
• Study: Mountain vegetation impacted by climate change Oct. 25, 2010 Climate change has had a significant effect on mountain vegetation at low elevations in the past 60 years, according to a study done by the University of California at Davis, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and U.S. Geological Survey.
• Invasive shrubs increase spread of tick-borne disease Oct. 11, 2010 For a hungry tick, bush honeysuckle is as good as a drive-through.
• Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’ Sept. 29, 2010 The world's rivers, the single largest renewable water resource for humans and a crucible of aquatic biodiversity, are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis.
• Special symposium addresses practical applications of evolution Sept. 14, 2010 The Center of Rapid Evolution (CORE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is sponsoring a special event to foster discussion and outreach about how the science of evolution applies to real-world problems.
• Curiosities: Why do sharks have to swim constantly? Aug. 30, 2010 For two reasons, says James Kitchell, professor of zoology at UW-Madison. First, sharks lack the swim bladder that most fish use to adjust their buoyancy.
• Curiosities: Why can birds eat hot peppers? June 14, 2010
• Curiosities: How can a polar bear survive in a Wisconsin zoo? Jan. 15, 2010
• UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota Sept. 16, 2009 On Sept. 11, a standard cruise on Lake Mendota's University Bay began for students in University of Wisconsin-Madison's Zoology 315, a course that introduces them to the study of lakes. With the sampling craft Limnos anchored about one-quarter mile offshore on a clear sunny day, four students pulled up a small net and began poking through its contents.
• Monkeys get a groove on, but only to monkey music Sept. 1, 2009 Music is one of the surest ways to influence human emotions; most people unconsciously recognize and respond to music that is happy, sad, fearful or mellow. But psychologists who have tried to trace the evolutionary roots of these responses usually hit a dead end. Nonhuman primates scarcely respond to human music, and instead prefer silence.
• Zebra mussels hang on while quagga mussels take over June 16, 2009 The zebra mussels that have wreaked ecological havoc on the Great Lakes are harder to find these days - not because they are dying off, but because they are being replaced by a cousin, the quagga mussel. But zebra mussels still dominate in fast-moving streams and rivers.
• Optimum running speed is stride toward understanding human body form March 19, 2009 Runners, listen up: If your body is telling you that your pace feels a little too fast or a little too slow, it may be right.
• Evolution, ecosystems may buffer some species against climate change March 5, 2009 Although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems.
• Study: Can nature’s leading indicators presage environmental disaster? Jan. 5, 2009 Economists use leading indicators - the drivers of economic performance - to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future. Now, in a new study, scientists take a page from the social science handbook and use leading indicators of the environment to presage the potential collapse of ecosystems.
• Seven honored with Romnes awards March 18, 2008 Seven of UW–Madison’s rising faculty have received H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowships. The award, supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), recognizes great potential in faculty who have earned tenure within the last four years. Award-winners receive a $50,000 award to be used in support of research.
• Lowly Icelandic midges reveal ecosystem’s tipping points March 5, 2008 A UW-Madison zoologist describes in the journal Nature an ecosystem population dynamics model built on the flies of Iceland’s Lake Myvatn, showing how even slight human-induced changes can irreversibly alter the balance of nature.
• ‘Glass menagerie:’ Museum unearths exotic stash of glass sea creatures July 25, 2007 An ordinary mid-summer stroll through Noland Hall in 2005 led Paula Holahan to an extraordinary discovery: box after box filled with a sea of intricate glass sculptures of marine invertebrate animals.
• Curiosities: Can dogs be trained not to bark? April 25, 2007