One-Third of Plant and Animal Species Could be Gone in 50 Years Feb. 12, 2020 University of Arizona researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate the loss of plant and animal species by 2070. Read more Image
Save the Giants, Save the Planet Feb. 4, 2020 Protecting large animals such as elephants and whales, and large plants like the sequoias, has a disproportionate positive impact on the health of the planet and resilience to climate change. Read more Image
Study Traces Evolution of Acoustic Communication Jan. 17, 2020 A study tracing acoustic communication across the tree of life of land-living vertebrates reveals that the ability to vocalize goes back hundreds of millions of years, is associated with a nocturnal lifestyle and has remained stable. Read more Image
Genetically Modified Poplar Trees Save Air Quality, Grow Well Jan. 6, 2020 University of Arizona-led research found that trees in which isoprene production was genetically suppressed did not suffer ill effects in terms of photosynthesis or biomass production. Read more Image
Why Your First Battle With Flu Matters Most Dec. 19, 2019 The first strain of influenza virus we encounter during childhood sets the course of how our immune system responds to exposures later in life. Read more Image
Deciphering the Equations of Life Dec. 11, 2019 A new theory describes what all animals have in common and allows predictions for organisms that might not be well understood by science. Read more Image
Looking at Tropical Forests Through New Eyes Dec. 2, 2019 New University of Arizona-led science is using air-based maps of plant chemistry to improve carbon cycling models in hyperdiverse tropical forests. Read more Image
Many Plant Species Are Very Rare, Vulnerable to Climate Change Nov. 21, 2019 New University of Arizona research investigates what proportion of the world’s land plants are exceedingly rare, where they’re found and how location might put them at risk of human development and a changing climate. Read more Image
Researchers 'Turn on the Lights' Across the Plant Tree of Life Oct. 22, 2019 In the largest plant genome project to date, an international consortium of researchers generated gene sequences from more than 1,100 species, providing a framework for 1 billion years of green plant evolution. Read more Image
Despite climate change, landscape may protect local saguaros, UA study shows Oct. 5, 2019 Study shows how topography mediates climate impacts on saguaros. Read more Image