Research and teaching within the Department of Zoology focuses on all areas and all hierarchical levels of biology, including cell and molecular biology, neurobiology, genetics, organismal biology, ecology, evolution, and behavior.

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Zoology News:

• Congrats to Professor Pete McIntyre on his Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
• Read more about Professor Steve Carpenter's recent Stockholm Water Prize.
• Read about how climate change could drive native fish out of Wisconsin waters.
• Read about Monica Turner's work on how climate change will likely increase Yellowstone fires by mid-century .
• Congrats to Zoology/Biological Aspects of Conservation major Joanna Klass on her Distinguished Student Research award from the School for Field Studies.
• Read about Professors Stephen Carpenter and Jim Kitchell's work on how scientists can detect early warning signals of ecosystem collapse.