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Groundbreaking Research Unveils Insights into Avian Evolution
Despite decades of study, the relationships among major avian lineages have remained a subject of debate. However, in a study published in Nature, an international team leading the Bird 10,000 Genomes...
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Scientists develop framework to measure plastic emissions and bolster U.N....
An estimated 400 garbage trucks’ worth of plastic pollution leaked into the environment from across Toronto in 2020. Photo credit: ©️ iStock | hxdyl. University of Toronto scientists have developed a...
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Fighting malaria with math: why one U of T student is studying parasite...
This World Malaria Day, a University of Toronto PhD student is shedding light on a poorly understood phenomenon that could impact vaccination strategies for malaria and other infectious diseases. The...
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Remembering Professor J. Bruce Falls (1923-2024)
Professor J. Bruce Falls (1923-2024) Professor Falls did his post-secondary education at the University of Toronto and then joined the Department of Zoology as faculty member in 1954, where he was a...
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Genetics: Investigating the ‘degrees of kevin bacon’ gene
A gene that regulates the structure of social networks in fruit flies — named after the actor Kevin Bacon — is described in Nature Communications. Free-roaming male and female fruit flies interacting...
View ArticleEEB scholars sharing their expertise in the media
Here’s some of what they had to say. July 30, 2024 Alejandro Izquierdo-López describes in CNN the discovery of a marine creature that lived roughly 505 million years ago during research he undertook...
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New study identifies Great Salt Lake as a significant source of greenhouse...
In a new study, researchers examining greenhouse gas emissions from the drying lake bed of Great Salt Lake, Utah calculate that 4.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases were...
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Taco-shaped arthropod from Burgess Shale fossils gives new insights into the...
In a new study, palaeontologists from the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) are helping resolve the questions surrounding the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped...
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Stephen Wright named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Professor Stephen Wright is among the eighteen faculty members from across the University of Toronto who have been appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada – a prestigious distinction given to...
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Celina Baines receives the Connaught New Researcher Award
The University of Toronto has recognized 51 faculty members across its three campuses with Connaught New Researcher Awards, among them is EEB Assistant Professor Celina Baines. The annual awards...
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