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Our department offers outstanding academic programs for undergraduate and graduate students preparing for research, teaching, and extension careers in entomology, ecology and wildlife conservation.
Our teaching, research, and extension efforts emphasize whole-organism biology, conservation biology, and the interactions between humans and other species.
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UD tick research aims to understand host specificity of Lyme disease: youtube.com/watch?v=CeTPi7VT6Gk
University of Delaware tick research aims to understand host specificity of Lyme disease
Video description: UD faculty member Vincenzo Ellis is investigating why some humans are infected with Lyme disease while others are not. Using molecular technology to analyze blacklegged ticks across Delaware, the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology research team found that there may be competition among strains of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, possibly explaining patterns of human infection.
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Quail conservation
March 12, 2024 | Written by Nya WynnUD undergraduate student John Hendell enhances conservation efforts for bobwhite quail through senior thesis project. -
About 100 wild quail will soon be released at Letterkenny Army Depot in Franklin County
February 28, 2024 | Written by Brian Whipkey, York Daily RecordTwo University of Delaware graduate students will research the quails' success once they've been released at the Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania. -
Climate Change Will Make Locust Outbreaks ‘Increasingly Hard to Prevent and Control’
February 14, 2024 | Written by Carlos Mureithi, TIMEUniversity of Delaware entomology professor Douglas Tallamy is quoted in an article about a new study on climate change and locust outbreaks.