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- - Researchers examine how the laws of physics impact evolution
    Using various biomechanical systems in animals, the researchers have demonstrated that mechanical relationships in the structural traits of animals impart distinct, predictable footprints on biological diversity. Specifically, morphological traits that more strongly impact the way an animal moves also evolve faster.
- - Study: Genetic variation can leave long-lasting stamp on evolutionary patterns
    A new study from Virginia Tech researcher Joel McGlothlin takes on the decades-old battle of which has more impact on evolution: genetic variation or natural selection.
- - Land use and pollution shift female-to-male ratios in snapping turtles, raising conservation concerns
    A team of Virginia Tech biologists has found that the nesting environment of turtles in agricultural habitats, which can lower nesting temperatures, can produce more males.
- - Virginia Tech researcher to study the effects of drying streams
    Meryl Mims, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science, received a new grant from the MacroSystems Biology program of the National Science Foundation.
- - Virginia Tech researchers host international meeting on mange in wildlife
    Cases of mange in animals are on the rise worldwide, and a team of Virginia Tech researchers is spearheading a local and international effort to coordinate the research among a global network of experts studying mange in wildlife.
- - Virginia Tech researchers collaborate with global scientists to study vector behavior and disease transmission
    Virginia Tech researcher Leah Johnson, in collaboration with a colleague at Imperial College London, created VectorBiTE RCN to encourage the collection and consolidation of key data and development of analytical tools to better understand the behavior of vectors, such as mosquitoes and ticks, in disease transmission.
- - Virginia Tech researcher receives ASLO Early Career Award
    Cayelan Carey, an assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Science, is an expert in freshwater ecology who studies how human activities, land use, and climate change alter water quality in freshwater lakes and reservoirs
- - Study forecasts growth rates of loblolly pine trees through first half of 21st century
    Researchers used ecological forecasting to predict how changes in temperature, water, and concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere may affect the future growth rates of trees.
- - Study explores connections between land management, water quality, and human response in lake catchments
    The study, which examines the ecological effects of humans on lakes and vice versa, offers a new model for those invested in protecting and maintaining lakes.
- - Fish and wildlife graduate students receive research fellowships
    Master’s degree student Brian Case’s fellowship is from the National Science Foundation and doctoral student Corbin Hilling’s is from Virginia Sea Grant.
- - University Libraries Data Transformation Lab builds collaboration and enhances research
    Graduate student Taylor Blackman uses his GIS knowledge to help fellow student researchers transform data in the Data Transformation Studio.
- - Virginia Tech-led study finds oldest footprints of bug dating back 540-plus million years
    Found in a small chunk of sediment rock in a shallow sea bottom in China, the tiny tracks – millimeters in width – were made by an unknown bug-like creature no bigger than a thumb.
- - Computational modeling may soon help researchers predict, and prevent, food insecurity
    Assistant Professor Kelly Cobourn’s work will contribute to an understanding of food security via the integration of socioeconomic and biophysical models, as well as the streamlining of data tools used in assessing food security issues.
- - William Hopkins receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology
    Hopkins is the fourth Virginia Tech faculty member to receive this award, named in honor of a three-time Virginia Tech alumnus.
- - Owner’s connection to the land plays a major role in conservation efforts
    Researchers found that a landowner’s involvement and interest in working the land matter more than residing on the property.
- - Class of 2018: Budding 'rockhound' journeys forward by looking back
    Alex Bradley loved picking up rocks as a kid growing up in Alaska. But his passion for natural treasures didn't stop then.
- - Virginia Tech mechanical engineering student receives Fulbright research grant
    Adam Wise, a mechanical engineering senior, will put off graduate school for one year to take part in a Fulbright research grant to study wake meandering of floating wind turbines at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
- - Geosciences’ Michelle Stocker seeks evolutionary story behind snake-like animals that use heads to burrow
    Geosciences' Michelle Stocker is mapping the evolution of animals that use their heads to dig into the ground.
- - Statistics’ Leah Johnson seeks to improve quantitative models for fighting diseases in humans, trees
    Johnson, an assistant professor in the College of Science, will use a $700,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to help fight deadly diseases by using mathematical and statistical modeling.
- - Land managers, scientists, educators, and policymakers invited to tackle invasive species April 23
    Land managers, educators, policymakers, and researchers from various fields—including ecology, biology, entomology, plant pathology, policy, and the social sciences—are invited to collaborate later this month to address issues surrounding invasive species in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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