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Universities can’t use privacy laws to withhold data on coronavirus outbreaks, experts say
Carl Bergstrom, biology professor, discusses university privacy laws and their relation to COVID-19 data.
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Rare treat: endangered orcas return to Salish Sea in search of scarce salmon
Center for Conservation Biology orca researcher Deborah Giles explains Southern orca resident presence in the Salish Sea.
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Hibernation May Be a 250-Million-Year-Old Survival Trick
Christian Sidor, biology professor, discusses the history of hibernation.
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America Doesn’t Have a Coherent Strategy for Asymptomatic Testing. It Needs One.
Carl Bergstrom, biology professor, explains America's lack of a strategy for asymptomatic testing.
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Coronavirus missteps from CDC and FDA worry health experts
Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, explains how missteps from public health agencies worry health experts.
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Evidence suggests an animal that roamed with the dinosaurs went into a hibernation-like state to survive
Megan Whitney, doctoral student in biology, and Christian Sidor, biology professor discuss new evidence suggesting a species that roamed the Earth with the dinosaurs hibernated.
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Coastal Job: Whale Dog
Deborah Giles, researcher from the Center for Conservation Biology, and her dog, Eba, research killer whales in the Puget Sound.
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Here’s what pregnant orcas are up against in Puget Sound
Dr. Deborah Giles, researcher with the Center for Conservation Biology discusses risks to pregnant orcas in Puget Sound.
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Climbers twice as likely to reach Mount Everest summit but "death zone" crowding soars, study shows
Climbers of Everest are twice as likely to summit, despite an increase in crowding. Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, is quoted.
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250 Million Years Ago, They Hibernated at the Bottom of the World
In creatures that lived before dinosaurs, paleontologists found signs of hibernation. Christian Sidor, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Burke and professor of biology, is quoted.
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Weathering the tough times: Fossil evidence of ‘hibernation-like’ state in 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal
Lead author Megan Whitney, biology graduate student, explains her new study on the hibernation state of a creature who lived before the dinosaurs.
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Want to climb Everest? New study identifies factors that influence success.
Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, explains the factors that lead to success when climbing Everest.
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Mount Everest summit success rates double, death rate stays the same over last 30 years
Raymond Huey, professor emeritus of biology, explains the results of his new study on the summit and death rates on Mount Everest.
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What the coronavirus can teach us about fighting climate change
Rubén Manzanedo, a postdoctoral researcher in biology, is quoted in this article about what COVID-19 can teach us about fighting climate change.
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What if ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Closer Than Scientists Thought?
Researchers are trying to figure out how many people in a community must be immune before the coronavirus fades. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, is quoted.