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Fighting Penguins Lead with Their Left
Ginger Rebstock, a researcher in the Department of Biology, explains that penguins have a dominant side.
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Notice a bunny boom? Here are some reasons for the Seattle area’s recent rise in rabbits
Jim Kenagy, UW professor emeritus of biology and emeritus curator of mammals at the Burke Museum, explains why we might be seeing an uptick in bunnies in the region.
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Puget sound orcas look fatter–maybe because they've moved away
Deborah Giles of the UW's Center for Conservation Biology weighs.
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It’s a girl! Why the newest orca calf’s gender is so important
Samuel Wasser, Research Professor in Biology, explains the significance of the newest southern resident orca calf.
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Where are the endangered whales? Southern residents haven't been spotted in BC's Salish Sea
Researchers, including UW biology's Deborah Giles, are tagging chinook salmon in a bid to track their main prey
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Poachers Are Invading Botswana, Last Refuge of African Elephants
UW biology's, Sam Wasser, weighs in on new data that leaves little doubt the illegal ivory trade has reached the country.
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The Salish Sea’s orcas are late for their annual summer visit. Scientists warn it’s the latest sign something is wrong
UW biologist Deborah Giles is one of many dismayed by the latest reminder of a population on the brink.
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Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS.
The world, according to UW professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, is awash in BS. So begins their popular course, which trains college students to identify and call out misinformation.
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Faculty Friday: Greg Wilson
Biology associate professor Greg Wilson unearths untold stories of early mammalian evolution.
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Two UW students honored by Goldwater Foundation
Selected from 1,223 nominees from across the country, Natural Sciences undergraduates Chris Moore and Irika Sinha were named Goldwater Scholars.
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Climate change has contributed to droughts since 1900—and may get worse
Biology and Atmospheric Sciences professor Abigail Swann responds to a new study using tree rings to trace climate change and drought.
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Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
Postdoctoral researchers Jessica Arbour and Abigail Curtis and Sharlene Santana, associate professor at the Burke Museum, focused on the diversity among bat skulls.
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Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
A new study identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs.
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A pod of orcas is starving to death. A tribe has a radical plan to feed them
With Washington state orca populations under threat, the Lummi Nation have their own rescue strategy. Sam Wasser of the Center for Conservation Biology and others weigh in.
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Emperor penguins flee unsteady ice after ‘unprecedented’ failure to breed
Biology professor Dee Boersma speaks about worrying population trends in Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies.