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:

• Read about Professor Warren Porter's recent study on how a metabolic "breathalyzer" can reveal early signs of disease.
• Congrats to Professor Jake Vander Zanden who received the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award.
• 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 .