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The corpse flower at the Volunteer Park Conservatory may be a dud. The flower, on loan from the UW biology department, has been removed after it failed to reach its full bloom.

A 2010 study showed that 20 percent of lizard species would likely be extinct by 2080 due to climate change. Now researchers say it may be much worse.

Researchers at the University of Washington are hoping to answer that question. NPR's Scott Simon talks to biology and pathology professor Daniel Promislow about the Dog Aging Project.

This summer has been rife with news of election-related hacking. Last month it was the Democratic National Committee; this week, voter election databases in Illinois and Arizona.

Americans have widely different views of racial tension -- and who's to blame.

Federal officials have also expressed concern that hackers – including those said to be working for Russia – may try to interfere with the US presidential election.

State election officials suspect hackers stole the personal information of 86,000 voters, not 200,000 it first suspected. 

The discovery of an Earth-size planet around the nearest star to Earth has generated a lot of buzz, and even speculation that a robotic probe may soon visit the world.

An African elephant census financed by Paul Allen has found that populations fell by 30 percent in seven years. But there were some bright spots where animal numbers were on the rise.

Dr. Sam Wasser and HJ Kim of UW's Center for Conservation Biology receive grand prize for development of a genetic analysis tool that reveals poaching hotspots for pangolins.