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- - 03/16/2020 Pathogen levels in the environment drive disease outbreaks in bats
- - 03/10/2020 Canceled: Innovative conservationist and business entrepreneur to present public lecture in Blacksburg on March 20
- - 03/05/2020 ComSciCon returns to Virginia Tech
- - 02/25/2020 Regina Nuzzo keynote speaker for ComSciCon–Virginia Tech 2020
- - 02/24/2020 Virginia Tech paleontologists identify 1 billion-year-old green seaweed fossils, ancestors to modern land plants
- - 02/11/2020 Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people - and now scientists know why
- - 02/07/2020 Researchers seek to impact New Zealand water quality by understanding forest-water interactions
- - 01/30/2020 Virginia Tech’s Luis Escobar contributes to international report on health and climate change
- - 01/29/2020 Virginia Tech launches the Center for Coastal Studies to address complex issues in the coastal zone
- - 01/14/2020 New research finds ranchers consider diverse factors in managing their land
- - 01/06/2020 Researchers develop predictive tools to tackle childhood diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana
- - 01/01/2020 Tweet led student to a project untangling the genomes of large viruses
- - 12/03/2019 Helping coastal communities face the challenges posed by flooding and sea level rise
- - 12/02/2019 New expert findings seek to protect national parks from invasive animal species
- - 12/02/2019 Global Change Center partners with Hollins University to promote undergraduate research opportunities
- - 11/26/2019 Virginia Tech faculty receive top honors from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- - 11/25/2019 Researcher receives NSF grant to study the fate of terrestrial carbon in freshwater ecosystems
- - 11/22/2019 Scientists using collaborative NSF grant to understand hydrologic controls on carbon processes in wetlands
- - 11/13/2019 Using data to predict the future of ecosystems
- - 10/30/2019 Researchers collaborate to address water and health issues in rural China and Appalachia
- - 10/29/2019 Happy Halloween: Meet the Batmen and Batwomen of Virginia Tech
- - 10/28/2019 Virginia Tech researchers follow in Darwin’s footsteps: understanding the plant evolution of florist’s gloxinia
- - 10/28/2019 The Global Change Center sponsors ‘Hidden Rivers’ film at the Lyric Theatre
- - 10/23/2019 Using data to protect the lakes we love
- - 09/27/2019 Professors take part in journal’s test for peer review bias in major international study
- - 09/04/2019 Geosciences’ Shuhai Xiao finds fossils dating back 550 million years, among earliest known displays of animal mobility
- - 08/12/2019 Researchers receive NSF grant to create Ecological Forecasting Research Coordination Network
- - 08/09/2019 Search committee for Fralin Life Sciences Institute director announced
- - 08/07/2019 When invasive plants take root, native animals pay the price
- - 07/15/2019 'Leaving no stone unturned' at the Ninth Eastern Hellbender Symposium
- - 07/11/2019 Researchers publish new study on citrus greening disease
- - 06/26/2019 Researchers find that probiotic bacteria reduces the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats
- - 06/14/2019 Twenty students awarded Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
- - 06/06/2019 Virginia Tech researchers discover connection between symbiotic worms and the magnetic orientation of crayfish
- - 05/24/2019 Biological Sciences’ Frank Aylward awarded Simons Foundation grant to study evolution of oceans
- - 05/08/2019 Island lizards are expert sunbathers, and it’s slowing their evolution
- - 05/08/2019 Deirdre Conroy named 2019 Outstanding Senior for the College of Natural Resources and Environment
- - 05/06/2019 Virginia Tech paleontologist finds, names new 3-foot-tall relative of Tyrannosaurus rex
- - 05/01/2019 Coastal@VT researchers lead Kids’ Tech University session about sea level rise
- - 04/22/2019 Virginia Tech researchers develop system-of-systems framework to unify knowledge across disciplines
- - 03/27/2019 Researchers use high-powered computer simulations to study reintroduction of bull trout
- - 03/26/2019 Researchers study people who feed birds in their backyards with implications for bird conservation
- - 03/19/2019 Researchers analyze biodiversity patterns in Antarctic Dry Valleys
- - 03/18/2019 Grad students host first communication science conference
- - 03/08/2019 Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study the honey bee gut microbiome
- - 03/06/2019 Virginia Tech professor researches vaccine efficacy
- - 03/04/2019 Researcher embarks on kayaking trip to assess invasive crayfish species
- - 03/04/2019 Business sustainability expert to visit Virginia Tech and Lyric Theatre March 22
- - 02/27/2019 Paleontologists identify small fossils as that of oldest frog relative found in North America
- - 02/18/2019 Virginia Tech researchers tackle the biological invasions crisis
- - 11/30/2018 Students reflect on lessons learned during study abroad in Ecuador
- - 11/19/2018 Researchers discover how 'cryptic' connections in disease transmission influence epidemics
- - 11/06/2018 Coastal@VT hosted Rotating Resilience Roundtables to address issues of coastal resilience in Virginia
- - 10/11/2018 Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study parental care in eastern hellbender salamanders
- - 10/10/2018 Professor appointed chair for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee
- - 09/18/2018 Researchers examine how the laws of physics impact evolution
- - 09/17/2018 Study: Genetic variation can leave long-lasting stamp on evolutionary patterns
- - 09/07/2018 Land use and pollution shift female-to-male ratios in snapping turtles, raising conservation concerns
- - 09/05/2018 Virginia Tech researcher to study the effects of drying streams
- - 08/30/2018 Virginia Tech researchers host international meeting on mange in wildlife
- - 08/09/2018 Virginia Tech researchers collaborate with global scientists to study vector behavior and disease transmission
- - 08/02/2018 Virginia Tech researcher receives ASLO Early Career Award
- - 07/16/2018 Study forecasts growth rates of loblolly pine trees through first half of 21st century
- - 07/03/2018 Study explores connections between land management, water quality, and human response in lake catchments
- - 06/25/2018 Fish and wildlife graduate students receive research fellowships
- - 06/22/2018 University Libraries Data Transformation Lab builds collaboration and enhances research
- - 06/12/2018 Virginia Tech-led study finds oldest footprints of bug dating back 540-plus million years
- - 06/01/2018 Computational modeling may soon help researchers predict, and prevent, food insecurity
- - 05/23/2018 William Hopkins receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology
- - 05/21/2018 Owner’s connection to the land plays a major role in conservation efforts
- - 05/08/2018 Class of 2018: Budding 'rockhound' journeys forward by looking back
- - 04/18/2018 Virginia Tech mechanical engineering student receives Fulbright research grant
- - 04/12/2018 Geosciences’ Michelle Stocker seeks evolutionary story behind snake-like animals that use heads to burrow
- - 04/10/2018 Statistics’ Leah Johnson seeks to improve quantitative models for fighting diseases in humans, trees
- - 04/09/2018 Land managers, scientists, educators, and policymakers invited to tackle invasive species April 23
- - 04/05/2018 Personal outreach to landowners is vital to conservation program success
- - 03/22/2018 Human-centered design is key to forming partnerships for large-scale conservation success
- - 03/01/2018 Scientists find that, in nature, an imperfect immune system drives the evolution of deadly pathogen strains
- - 02/15/2018 Biological sciences' Frank Aylward awarded 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in Ocean Sciences
- - 02/08/2018 Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History director to visit Virginia Tech and Lyric Theatre Feb. 16
- - 01/24/2018 Virginia Tech students develop strategies to address flooding and sea-level rise in the city of Hampton
- - 01/19/2018 Martha Muñoz is named assistant professor in Department of Biological Sciences
- - 01/19/2018 Virginia climate communication expert will speak at Fralin Life Science Institute on Jan. 25
- - 01/03/2018 Geosciences’ Brian Romans to use Antarctic sea expedition to study ice sheet response to climate change
- - 12/14/2017 New research explores links between deforestation and fisheries yields in the Amazon
- - 12/04/2017 Invasive plants have surprising ability to pioneer new continents and climates, Virginia Tech researchers discover
- - 11/20/2017 Virginia Tech professor named Research Fellow, launches collaborative effort with New Zealand’s forest industry
- - 10/31/2017 Researcher settles decades-old evolutionary biology question by examining Caribbean lizards
- - 10/27/2017 Even small amounts of oil made birds near Deepwater Horizon sick, Virginia Tech researchers say
- - 10/24/2017 Destination Areas spark creative discussion among science and policy topics
- - 10/19/2017 Send a Hokie to Capitol Hill to ensure sound science informs public policy
- - 10/19/2017 Declining baby songbirds need forests to survive drought, Virginia Tech and Smithsonian find
- - 10/13/2017 Neurobiologist receives NSF funding for animal cognition research, education, and outreach
- - 10/12/2017 Global Change Center researchers to forecast water quality with NSF support
- - 10/04/2017 Mixing of farmed fish and their wild relatives could have adverse impacts on environment, Virginia Tech researcher says
- - 09/21/2017 Scientists funded by NSF develop model to explore scenarios for land, watershed restoration
- - 09/07/2017 Student raises money to improve isolated Ecuadorean community's access to education
- - 08/28/2017 Virginia Tech Life Science Seminar Series launches Sept. 1
- - 08/25/2017 Virginia Tech paleobiologists to host dinosaur fossil unpacking party
- - 08/07/2017 Future of coastal marshes lies in the hands of private property owners