Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

A field of soy bean plants on Walpole Island in Southwestern Ontario entirely overrun by common water hemp October 9, 2019 U of T evolutionary biologists track U.S. invasion of herbicide-resistant weeds
Ashley Reynolds holds the Smilodon fatalis metacarpal from Medicine Hat, Alberta October 4, 2019 U of T paleontologists find traces of sabre-toothed cat in Medicine Hat
Snapping turtle in a canoe in Algonquin Park September 16, 2019 'Waist-deep in salamanders and turtles': U of T ecology students conduct field research in Algonquin Park
photo of Mollisonia plenovenatrix September 12, 2019 Researchers discover tiny, 500-million-year-old predecessor to scorpions and spiders
Photo of Ina Anreiter and Eric and Wendy Schmidt August 27, 2019 Behavioural geneticist Ina Anreiter wins prestigious Schmidt Science Fellowship for probing nature vs. nurture
David Evans at a dig site in Montana August 19, 2019 U of T paleontologist David Evans takes the Globe and Mail on a dinosaur dig
Photo of Jean-Bernard Caron and Maydianne Andrade August 1, 2019 Paleontologists at U of T and ROM discover fossils of new predatory species in Canadian Rockies
photo of researchers holding micoplastics samples collected from Lake Ontario July 19, 2019 Is there plastic in our drinking water? Probably – and U of T researchers are studying how concerned we should be
Composite photo of six Arts & Science graduates June 21, 2019 As spring convocation wraps up, six U of T graduates offer advice to future students
Photo of microplastics April 30, 2019 Sea of troubles: Chelsea Rochman explores how plastic is breaking down – and where it’s ending up
Photo of a pile of plastic waste April 22, 2019 Cities and countries aim to slash plastic waste within a decade
photo of students in the EEB mentorship program sitting around a table April 5, 2019 Undergraduate peer mentorship program helps U of T students 'make the best of every opportunity'
illustration of mandible fossil April 26, 2017 Ouch! U of T paleontologists identify 508-million-year-old sea creature with can opener-like pincers
Asher Cutter September 27, 2016 Giant sperm give male worms a reproductive edge, U of T research reveals
July 14, 2016 Cowabunga! U of T Scarborough researchers team up with Parks Canada to save the turtles
photo of new lizard on branch June 17, 2016 New lizard found in Dominican Republic, U of T researchers say