A hillside near the Wayqecha field station in Peru. The Amazon rainforest spans an area twice the size of India, and is one of the world's largest carbon sinks.

Jake Bryant

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced today the election of their newest 250 members, including Judith Bronstein, a University of Arizona Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a BIO5 Institute member.

Partners from UArizona and the French National Centre for Scientific Research will convene to celebrate accomplishments and renew commitment to shared goals of the institute, which was established one year ago.

In a new paper published in Science, UArizona virus expert Michael Worobey connects the dots from the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and shows that an origin other than the Huanan Seafood Market is extremely unlikely. 

Surprisingly little is known about how rain moves through landscapes once it's on the ground. UArizona's Landscape Evolution Observatory is designed to provide answers. A $3.5 million grant will allow scientists to study the roles plants and microbes play in the process.

Combining extensive species mapping with remote sensing records of deforestation and fire reveals that the Amazon's biodiversity is extraordinarily vulnerable to changes in forest management and policy enforcement. 

He will be greatly missed by the EEB community, and by ecologists worldwide. 

Peers and other researchers from around the world consider Chesson one of the most influential theorists and original thinkers of his era.

Scientists at the University of Arizona outfitted bugs with body armor and pitted them against each other in staged wrestling matches, all in the name of science. The findings shed light on how evolution has shaped the arsenal of weapons in the animal kingdom.

Dr. Bruce Walsh received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2020 International Congress in Quantitative Genetics in honor of his foundational textbooks, teaching, and outreach efforts.