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Most illegally poached African elephant ivory can be traced back to just two areas of Africa, research shows.

Biologists estimate the business kills roughly one out of every ten African elephants each year.

Biology Professor Keiko Torii and her team have identified a mechanism that some plant cells use to receive complex and contradictory messages from their neighbors.

Research from UW Biology Professor Tom Daniel and colleagues shows Hawkmoths see at dusk by slowing down visual processing in the brain.

From Distinguished Teaching Awards to President's Medals, it's awards season at the UW.

Biology graduate David Olsen fulfills a childhood dream in biology and medicine thanks to great supporters and educators along his journey.

What’s the single thing you liked best about the UW? For Hongzhe (Benji) Liang, ’15, the answer is easy: the small computer lab used by photomedia students.

A new video looks back on the outstanding work of our students, faculty, and alumni in 2015.

The boreal forest is one of the world’s largest storehouses of carbon and home to an abundance of animals and birds.

Elephants are being killed at an alarming rate for their tusks and the illegal ivory trade can fuel terrorism. But Sam Wasser, a UW biology professor, has a solution that can track ivory back to it's source and help law enforcement catch criminals.