Current Research
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Fighting Fire with Flies
At BFL’s Fire Ant Lab, researchers are developing natural controls for fire ants, a pest that costs Texas $1.2 billion annually. |
Digging for Clams
Researchers use BFL’s aquatic facilities and Lady Bird Lake to study the genetics and ecology of invasive Asian clams that threaten waterways and power plants. |
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Surviving Drought
Using the greenhouses and experimental gardens, scientists study the evolution and genetics of drought tolerance in plants in hopes of improving plant productivity. |
Changing Climate, Changing World
Long-term data helps researchers better understand how changes in climate affect BFL’s (and the world’s) animals, like aquatic insects and migratory birds. |
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Nature Vs. Nature
A professor begins his research to better understand the interaction between invasive species and their potential biocontrols at BFL. |
Fishy Behavior
A professor and his students use BFL’s outdoor tanks to study sexual selection and evolution in a variety of species of Central and South American fish. |
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On the Fast Track
The well-known flora and fauna at BFL provide researchers with the perfect field-testing site for developing a technology to aid in rapid gene identification. |
The Aquatic Life
The large cement stock tanks at BFL act as microcosms of rivers in northeastern Mexico, home of the swordtails that researchers use to study the evolution of biodiversity. |
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Dragonfly Master
By studying BFL’s insects, a scientist and teacher encourages awareness of the insect world and furthers our understanding of the dominant group of animals on the planet. |
