Brackenridge Field Laboratory (BFL) is a premier urban field research station for studies in biodiversity, ecosystem change and natural history. The lab is of critical importance to The University of Texas at Austin’s top-ten ranked Ecology, Evolution and Behavior graduate program. As an urban field lab, BFL is unsurpassed in regard to historical data, access for students and faculty (a few minutes from main campus), and diversity of habitats. Research at the lab contributes to our understanding of climate change, invasive species, biodiversity, genomics, animal behavior and evolution.
Recent News & Features
Captured in a Flash: John Abbott's High Speed Insect Photos
Abbott describes the beautiful insects he has caught in action with his custom built high speed photography in this audio slideshow.
Environmental Science Campus Proposed
Brackenridge Field Lab should expand to become a new environmental science campus for The University of Texas at Austin, members of the university’s Faculty Council have proposed.
Regents Adopt Recommendation to Retain UT Austin Brackenridge Field Lab
The University of Texas System Board of Regents today (Dec.
Twenty years of figuring-out fire ants
When the wave of red imported fire ants rolled into Austin in the early 1980s, Larry Gilbert knew in no time flat.