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$1.35M Grant to Fund UMD-Led Team’s Study of Climate Change and Septic Tank Failure
Growing Hazard for Coastal Dwellers Doesn’t Affect All Marylanders Equally, Researchers Say
Restoring Island-Ocean Connections Creates Broad Benefits, Study Finds
UMD Scientist Helps to Highlight Need for Coordinated Conservation of Linked Terrestrial, Marine Ecosystems
UMD Engineers lead new multidisciplinary effort to develop new technologies for shellfish aquaculture and a sustainable management framework to help shellfish farmers realize larger economic and environmental benefits. The project also has an import educa
When Frogs Die Off Snake Diversity Plummets
University of Maryland’s Karen Lips helps find a significant drop in snake diversity following amphibian declines from chytrid fungus
New finding is the latest of many discoveries led by UMD Professor Iqbal Hamza who is unraveling the mystery of heme, a toxic, yet life-essential molecule for most living things, including humans
Coastal Birds Can Weather the Storm but Not the Sea
Study reveals that coastal bird populations are resilient to hurricanes
UMD-Led Study Gives Major New Insight on Honey Bee Parasite
New research upends long-standing assumption about feeding habits of varroa mites, a primary threat to honey bees worldwide
Unpredictable Food Sources Drive Some Bats to Hunt Cooperatively
Using miniature sensors on bats, researchers tracked the animals’ locations and calls to see if they searched for food alone or together
UMD Study Uncovers Germ Cell Findings with Implications for Disease Research
Research opens the door for future stem cell research in chicken models.
UMD Researcher Uncovers Lyme Disease Protein Used to Outsmart the Human Immune System
Research has major implications for the treatment of tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, which is an increasingly chronic and consistently prevalent public health issue.