Research

Rainforest Drought Intensified Disease, Death in a Brazilian Frog

  • August 9, 2021

Human-caused changes to the environment that exasperate droughts in a Brazilian rainforest intensify seasonal infections of a deadly fungus afflicting frogs and toads, causing localized mass deaths, according to research involving The University of Alabama.

A vial containing a COVID-19 vaccine with syringes behind.

Same Pandemic, Different Attitudes

  • July 28, 2021

In a series of studies over the course of the global pandemic, research involving The University of Alabama examined the formation of risk perception and the drivers of participating in mitigation behaviors, and found some behaviors are different than what might be expected.