Biodiversity

From Oaxaca to India, how UChicagoans spent summer 2025 Oscar Pineda-Catalan holds a small plant during an outdoor group activity in a forested, mountainous area.

From Oaxaca to India, how UChicagoans spent summer 2025

Students, faculty share global experiences from collecting algae to building life-saving machines

Scientists eavesdrop on wildlife to help protect ecosystems A bright blue Cerulean Warbler

Scientists eavesdrop on wildlife to help protect ecosystems

Artificial intelligence helps record data on species to monitor biodiversity over time

Why there are so many species at the equator—and so few at the poles Spondylus americanus and Arctica islandica

Why there are so many species at the equator—and so few at the poles

3-D imaging, AI reveal stories hidden in shells 3-D models of bivalves

3-D imaging, AI reveal stories hidden in shells

For first time, scientists watch entire animal’s muscle system as it moves Hydra

For first time, scientists watch entire animal’s muscle system as it moves

Hundreds of species at risk due to slow policy process Wildlife

Hundreds of species at risk due to slow policy process

Mass extinctions remove species but not ecological variety Trio of spiky sea fossils

Mass extinctions remove species but not ecological variety

New ecological model uses tournament-style framework of biodiversity coral reef biodiversity

New ecological model uses tournament-style framework of biodiversity

Model predicts number of species yet to be discovered, regionally Bivalve shells on a table

Model predicts number of species yet to be discovered, regionally

Neil Shubin talks biological extinction at Vatican conference

Neil Shubin talks biological extinction at Vatican conference