Ecology Evolution and Organismal Biology

Iowa State’s herbarium offers window into plant history

Iowa State’s Ada Hayden Herbarium holds more than 700,000 preserved plant, fungal, and algal specimens, a valuable resource for research and instruction. Read More

January 25, 2024

EEOB professor offers students unique animal research opportunity

Corinna Most, ecology, evolution and organismal biology, is helping make immersive animal behavior research more accessible for students. Read More

November 20, 2023

Matthew Hufford recognized for plant genomics research

Cassling Family Professorship honors outstanding early to mid-career faculty members. Read More

February 21, 2022

New study sheds light on function of sex chromosomes in turtles

Nicole Valenzuela, professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology publishes study in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Read More

July 26, 2021

Lori Biederman co-authors article published in the journal Ecology

Lori Biederman, adjunct associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, is a co-author on a publication, “Increasing effects of chronic… Read More

October 19, 2020

Climate change could devastate painted turtles, according to new study

Research from Iowa State University professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology Nicole Valenzuela is sounding the alarm about the painted turtle’s future in a new study. Read More

March 12, 2019

For the Birds

Greenlee researchers study how communication can save Guam's feathered inhabitants. Read More

July 13, 2018

Turtle and bird genomes provide tantalizing clues to dinosaur genomics

Comparing how the chromosomes of modern-day birds and turtles are structured can help scientists figure out how dinosaur genomes might have looked. Read More

May 21, 2018