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Biology

Hidden Gems

A closeup photo of dead beetles pinned to a board.

Hidden Gems

Eye of the bee-holder

An epic insect collection serves generations of students

Extra Credit

A flock of birds in flight, silhouetted against a pink and blue sky

Who’s flying through your neighborhood?

Citizen science, machine learning predict bird migration

Fall 2023

Seven amphibian species in a circle around a grayed-out microscopic image of a fungal cell.

Wow

Actin Up

Researchers at UMass are racing to stop widespread amphibian extinction

Fall 2023

Person in a white beekeeper suit stands in a field of sunflowers

Seen

How sunflowers are saving the bees

Spring 2023

A black and white photo of a smiling person with short dark hair.

I am First-Gen

Claiming a mark of achievement and pride

Fall 2022

A graphic of an orange hand making the letter “r” in American Sign Language.

Deaf with a capital D

Meeting the Deaf community ‘on its own terms’

Extra Credit

Artistic recreation of the dinosaur Podokesaurus holyokensis

Glimpse

Our land before time

Professor Emerita Margery Coombs on the new state dinosaur

Fall 2021

Illustration of hand, palm side up as for palmistry, with various sites magnified and showing brightly colored faux microbes and bacteria

Hand sweet home

Working to understand—and protect—the hand microbiome

Fall 2019

zebra fish tank

New Innovation Pipeline Helps Bring Visions to Light

A new program underwrites research to curing the incurable—and so much more

Fall 2017

Web Exclusive

Ice Diver

Professor Emeritus Robert Wilce on going the distance for arctic seaweed.

Fall 2017

Bring on the Beastcam

Web Extra

Bring on the Beastcam

UMass scientists create a digital Noah’s ark.

Summer 2017

The Biomechanics of Sex

Evolutionary biologist Diane Kelly uncovers the nuts and bolts of how baby animals get made.