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Even fish society shows social control and nepotism

Featuring postdoctoral researcher Irene García-Ruiz.

Some mice have a cheating heart. It’s a hormonal thing, scientists find.

Featuring Andres Bendesky.

What Makes Some Mice Such Good Parents? This Newly Discovered Cell, Maybe

Featuring Andres Bendesky paper on the novel cell type of the adrenal gland and its contribution to parental care of monogamous mice.

Lucy Holland wins 2nd at GSAS Master's SynThesis

Congratulations to E3B MA student Lucy Holland who won 2nd place at the GSAS Master’s SynThesis competition!

Pepe: The Endangered Species Act is failing

Featuring PhD student Erich Eberhard.

Scientists pinpoint the “fight” in fighting chickens

Featuring faculty member Andrés Bendesky.

How Climate Change Drives the Spread of Invasive Plants

Featuring faculty member Matt Palmer.

The Planet Needs Solar Power. Can We Build It Without Harming Nature?

Featuring PhD student Michael Levin.

Ruth DeFries

Ruth DeFries Elected to National Academy of Engineering

E3B Professor Ruth DeFries has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering!

She is recognized for elucidating anthropogenic land-use change impacts on environmental sustainability, and for providing science for policy decisions. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Ruth is already a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a MacArthur Fellow.

You can read the announcement here: https://www.nae.edu/312025/NAENewClass2024.

Departmental Statement on Ethics of Research and Stewardship of Human and Non-Human Skeletal Remains

What Triggers Male Rage? Betta Fish May Hold Clues

Featuring faculty member Andrés Bendesky.

Fighting Chickens Offer Clues to Genetic Origins of Aggression

Featuring faculty member Andrés Bendesky.