Biologist Ellie Armstrong uses DNA — and dog photography — to save animals on the brink

The Graduate Program in EEOB is proud to announce the PhD Defense of: April Arquilla! Major Professor: Dr. Wendy Saltzman Title: " Parenthood-associated plasticity of sensory processing in the biparental California mouse ( Peromyscus californicus )" Date/Time: Friday June 6th...

Major Professor: Dr. Arun Sethuraman Title: "New Computational Methods to Study Historical Allopolyploidization in Plants" Date/Time: Wednesday May 14th, 2025 at 1:00PM Location: Gold Auditorium, Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center & Zoom link: https://SDSU.zoom.us/j/82815590457

What is an organism, anyway?

The UC Riverside departments of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology, Botany and Plant Sciences, and Environmental Sciences hosted the inaugural Southern California Conference on Ecological Change on February 14.

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE - Megalodons might have been longer and thinner than previously thought, according to a new study. The enormous, extinct sharks, scientists now say, grew to between 54 and 80 feet long and weighed about 94 tons. Earlier estimates...

METRO UK - Experts have said the prehistoric predator the Megaladon was a ‘sleeker’ creature than the one portrayed in the 2018 movie, where a beast akin to a great white shark wrought havoc in the ocean.

ZME SCIENCE - If Meg 3 ever happens, the filmmakers might need to ditch the oversized great white shark trope. A new study published in Palaeontologia Electronica found that the famous megalodon wasn’t just an outsized version of today’s great...