New species form as populations evolve differences that prevent them from interbreeding. Sometimes, the evolving differences themselves help to accelerate the process — especially differences in…
View More For these tree frogs, the course of reproductive isolation never did run true
The votes are in, and congratulations to the winners of the first Biosphere Summer Photo Contest: First place goes to Professor Tim Karels’ image of…
View More Check out the winners of the first Biosphere Summer Photo Contest
Species everywhere in the world face rising temperatures as carbon pollution changes the global climate. Some, however, may be able to evolve as climate change…
View More CSUN biologists test giant kelp’s capacity to settle for climate-changed waters
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a growing threat, potentially leaving doctors without effective treatments for many common infections. One way to stave off that future is…
View More CSUN microbiologists beat bacterial drug resistance by clogging a molecular pumpCrop plants face stress from environmental extremes — not just heat, but also cold; and not just lack of water, but also too much. In…
View More CSUN plant biologists study lentil plants’ response to life underwater
Understanding how bacteria respond to toxins, at the molecular level, can help identify ways to break those responses, opening up new targets for antimicrobial drugs. New…
View More CSUN microbiologists describe a new molecular system for bacteria to clean house
Many diverse groups of organisms — from butterflies to beetles to beneficial bacteria — spend their lives intimately associated with host organisms, and evolutionary biologists have long…
View More CSUN biologists trace a link between intimate ecological interactions and the evolution of new species
One of the best-known beneficial symbioses in the ocean is the mutualism between corals and photosynthetic algae. Coral polyps provide shelter and nutrients for algae…
View More CSUN biologists find that hosts need the right symbiont when the heat is on
Three years ago, CSUN Marine Biology graduate students Emily Ladin and Elizabeth Burns were surprised by the arrival of hundreds of baby giant sea bass,…
View More CSUN marine biologists’ “baby giants” are returned to the sea
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded almost $3 million to CSUN Biology faculty Dr. Cindy Malone, with Drs. Gilberto Flores and Gabriela Chavira,…
View More New N-COMPASS program sets CSUN Biology students on course for careers in regenerative medicine