Locke Rowe named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

…build a better future in Canada and around the world. Fellows have made remarkable contributions in the arts, humanities and sciences and will be mobilized to contribute knowledge, understanding, and…

Lizards reveal the forces that shape biodiversity

…anoles — small, tree-dwelling reptiles found throughout the tropical New World. What determines the number of different species in local communities of animals? The question is a long-standing ecological problem…

As Mating Rituals Go, Valentine’s Day Isn’t So Bad

…all manner of surprising interactions that enable reproduction in nature. Compared with these four unusual tales from the animal kingdom, being someone’s Valentine might sound pretty good. Painted turtles The…

Graduate

…Biology offers fully-funded, research-based MSc and PhD programs. Students develop a graduate thesis under the mentorship of a supervisor, with support from an advisory committee made up of other faculty. …

NSERC USRA

…to Submit Submit to undergrad.eeb@utoronto.ca and cc colleen.kerluk@utoronto.ca  the following (in order) as a single combined PDF, and name your file “2025 USRA – Last Name, First Name”  Completed Form…

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

…resources. We stand beside members of underrepresented groups and community members that have experienced unwanted or unwelcome behaviour. Contact Us Broadening Representation & Equity With Science (BREWS) We promote inclusion…

Genomics of Plant Speciation, UTM

Loren Rieseberg, UBC www3.botany.ubc.ca/rieseberglab Please join the Department of Biology at the University of Toronto Mississauga for a special seminar to hear Professor Loren Rieseberg speak about how new species…

Independent evolution of the sexes promotes amphibian diversification

…the Amphibia, a large and highly diverse vertebrate clade. Modern amphibians diverged from related tetrapods in the Carboniferous over 300 Ma. Their work was published in Proceedings B with one…

Abrams, Peter

…higher-level aspects of community and ecosystem dynamics. Interspecific competition shares many of the same features as density dependence (intraspecific competition) and evolution (competition between genotypes). In spite of this, a…

Plant Evolutionary Biologist Spencer Barrett Elected to US National Academy of Sciences

…of London Series B.  Spencer has published over 300 refereed articles, trained over 40 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and has numerous past and present collaborations with researchers around the world….