News Archive
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The Flesh Eaters: UW Zoological museum’s Dermestarium featured on Channel 3000
Howard Veregin, the Wisconsin State Cartographer, joined John Stuhler, the curator of mammals and birds at the University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum for a trip to visit the flesh-eating dermestid beetle colony…
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Magical Monarchs at the Biocore Prairie
Seth McGee led a community science outreach even on Sunday 9/13/2026, inviting students from across campus to net, catch, tag, and release monarchs. A select few monarchs that qualified were also fitted…
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NSF Career Award supports Daijiang Li’s efforts to build a global database of urban biodiversity
By Elise Mahon Daijiang Li, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology, has been granted a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build new tools that will help…
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Neurobiology Alumnus named Fulbright Scholar
Theju Vembakkam, who graduated with a BS in Neurobiology in 2023, is one of 16 Badgers selected as ’26-’27 Fulbright Scholars. The grant will allow Vembakkam to pursue research on antimicrobial resistance…
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Plant enthusiasts joined the Wisconsin Herbarium’s 2026 Foray in La Crosse County, Wi
By Elise Mahon This past July, the Wisconsin State Herbarium and Botanical Club of Wisconsin hosted their 8th annual foray. Over the course of three days, a total of 46 volunteers explored…
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Botany Grad Student talks mentorship in Science Careers
To help readers at all career stages become the supportive mentors and supervisors they aspire to be, Science Careers asked researchers, including Botany Graduate Student Joseph Walston, to share the lessons they’ve learned on…
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Faculty Q&A: Zach Feiner studies fisheries to sustain them for both anglers and the ecosystem
Zach Feiner is a fisheries ecologist and new assistant professor in the department of Biology. He not only studies how fish respond to changes in their ecosystem, but also what those changes…
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Ken Cameron and Anne Pringle featured in On Wisconsin “Mighty Mycology”
UW fungi researchers across many disciplines have created a world-class supergroup to improve our lives. Professors Ken Cameron and Anne Pringle are both featured in this On Wisconsin Magazine story. Read more
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UW researchers train future scientists and educate communities about wisconsin’s peatlands
Peatlands are powerhouses when it comes to improving water quality, minimizing flood risks, providing habitat and storing carbon. Yet, most people are unaware of these important ecological places. Researchers and students from…
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Molecular “bypasses” improve grass plants’s synthesis of lignin and starch, laying the early groundwork for evolutionary success
Words: Elise Mahon | Photos: Sarah Friedrich One hundred million years ago, long before human intervention, ancestors of grasses, like wheat, rice and maize generated “bypasses” of chemical pathways that are used…
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Research differentiates new species of endangered baobab tree in Madagascar
By Elise Mahon Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recognize a new species of baobab tree, Adansonia bozy, unique to Madagascar, according to a study published in the journal Taxon. Previously, members…
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Faculty Q&A: Kristina Young
Kristina Young joined the UW–Madison faculty in January 2026 as an assistant professor of climate change ecology. As an ecologist, she studies how human land use reshapes ecosystems, with an eye toward…
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Biology Colloquium
The Biology Colloquium is a series of lectures hosted by the Department of Biology. In the fall, the Biology Colloquium takes place on Thursdays at 3:30 in Birge Hall, room B302, unless otherwise noted. In…
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Researchers recognized by Ecological Society of America
A paper by Nathan Kiel (PhD iBio ’24), undergraduate student Eileen Mavencamp (’23), and Professor Monica Turner has been awarded the W.S. Cooper Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Fields of Geobotany…
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Message to alumni from the Center for Botany Faculty Director
A message from Professor Anne Pringle, ’25-’26 Department of Botany Chair and ’26-’27 Center for Botany Faculty Director. Dear Botanists, Greetings! I hope that wherever you are, there are flowers. In Madison…
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Studying vesicles could reveal insight on the origins of life
PhD candidate Tymofii Sokolskyi and professor David Baum published a new paper that investigates pre-biotic chemical reactions in vesicles to better understand the origins of life. Read more.
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Biology graduate students receive 2026 Arboretum Research Fellowships
Department of Biology graduate students Hannah Ashe, Jillian Neece and Shaneya Miriyagalla have received Arboretum Research Fellowships. These graduate fellowships support early career scientists doing work that aligns with the Arboretum’s mission…
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Department of Biology FAQs
Answers to frequently asked questions about the new Department of Biology. Read more.
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How did these mushrooms escape?
Botany graduate student Aishwarya Veerabahu, discusses her research and outreach efforts around the golden oyster mushroom that’s pushing out native fungal biodiversity in this article for the Spring 2026 College of Letters…
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Botany Grad Alumni highlighted for prairie restoration work
In Green Lights, an article for the Spring 2026 College of Letters and Science Magazine, a Botany PhD grad is featured for her environmental restoration work in Wisconsin.
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