Recent, dramatic shifts have occurred within zooplankton community structure in Lake Michigan. Such changes could alter the ability of invasive species, such as Asian carp, to establish self-sustaining populations. Without ...

Yellow-breasted Chats (Icteria virens) are a Neotropical migratory bird species that breeds in shrubland habitat in Illinois. Chats are a diurnally active species but males are known to sing often at night. This behavior ...

Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causal agent of bat white-nose syndrome, has caused nearly six million deaths in North American bats since its introduction into the United States in 2006. Current research has shown that ...

The distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi has continued expanding in Illinois over the past twenty years. However, the extent to which this tick vector and etiologic agent of Lyme disease has spread ...

Amphibians are declining globally, and infectious disease is one of their primary threats. Ranaviruses infect cold-blooded vertebrates, with FV3-like ranaviruses being associated with amphibian mortality events across much ...

A large body of research has documented evolutionary change in fish populations as a result of selective harvest, a process known as Fisheries-Induced Evolution (FIE). Much of this research has focused on commercially-harvested ...

The Illinois chorus frog (Pseudacris illinoensis) is a fossorial species found only in sandy substrates of Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. The genetic diversity of the Illinois chorus frog (ICF) in Illinois has not been ...

Although progress has been made, we are still a long way from being able to predict and understand the dynamics of demographically “open” aquatic populations. Even though we often have a good understanding of events and ...

The post-fledging period—defined as the time between when a bird leaves its nest and disperses or migrates—is a critical stage in the avian life cycle. Past research has identified survival during this stage as a key ...

The effect of multiple stressors on global water resources have been increasing rapidly over the past few decades. Anthropogenic activities such as rapid industrialization, urbanization, deforestation and increased application ...