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Department of Biology

Department of Biology

Professor Sally Mackenzie and her research team study plants in the lab.

Plants pass on 'memory' of stress to some progeny, making them more resilient

Douglas R. Cavener

Cavener announces plan to step down as dean of the Eberly College of Science

Male black carpenter ant

Ants maintain essential interactions despite environmental flux

"questing" female Ixodes scapularis

More than 100 years of data show Pennsylvania tick population shift

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New SCATTIRSTORM microscope could improve bioenergy production

soybean field

'Scaring' soybeans into defensive mode yields better plants a generation later

zombie antz

Climate change forced zombie ant fungi to adapt

zombie ant on branch

Infected 'zombie ants' face no discrimination from nest mates

Plant path

Plant pathology students reap benefits of research opportunities

Ken Weiss

Weiss receives Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award

fire ant on lizard

Lizards may be overwhelmed by fire ants and social stress combined

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$2.35 million grant enables better prediction of infectious disease outbreaks

heart progenitors cells

Researchers use stem cells to regenerate the external layer of a human heart

spread of the black plague

An ecological invasion mimics a drunken walk

Cottonmouth snake

Stressed snakes strike first

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