Biological Sciences Department

SUNY Oswego, Cortland join forces with USGS and others on large-scale Great Lakes native fish conservation and restoration project

Forming friendships can help mitigate the effects of trauma early in life, according to new research released by a team led by SUNY Oswego biological sciences faculty member Liz Lange. While the study involved baboons, researchers see tangible connections to humans.

Four SUNY Oswego students have earned the 2023 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence, the highest such recognition in the state system. These awards recognize outstanding accomplishments inside and outside the classroom for childhood education-English major Kaitlin Flint, zoology major Brooke Goodman, meteorology major Kaitlyn Jesmonth and psychology major Adriana Militello.

Join Rice Creek Field Station for a Feathered Friend Festival on Saturday, May 6, for a day packed with all things birds -- from fun avian activities to up-close encounters with real birds.

Senior zoology major Danielle Marichal will survey the damage done by an invasive species, and track another species introduced to contain them, thanks to a campus grant.

The next installment of Rice Creek Associates (RCA) Reflections will feature Mike Holy discussing "A Life with Butterflies" at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Rice Creek Field Station.

For the fourth year in a row, members of the campus community and general public are invited to celebrate National Arbor Day with the Canal Forest Restoration Project (CFRP) team at SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station. This year’s celebration on Friday, April 28 includes invited talks from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and a free tree giveaway from 2:45 until 5 p.m.

Senior zoology student Brooke Goodman is working toward saving the lives of birds on the SUNY Oswego campus by adding window stickers to buildings around campus to divert feathered friends from them.

The SUNY Oswego herbarium will preserve and provide access to natural history while giving 20 students paid research experience, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

SUNY Oswego biological sciences faculty member Daniel Baldassarre provides migration data for the phainopepla to Audubon Society bird migration tracking tool.