Department of Biology

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.

Deborah Giles of the UW's Center for Conservation Biology weighs. 

Samuel Wasser, Research Professor in Biology, explains the significance of the newest southern resident orca calf. 

Researchers, including UW biology's Deborah Giles, are tagging chinook salmon in a bid to track their main prey

UW biology's, Sam Wasser, weighs in on new data that leaves little doubt the illegal ivory trade has reached the country.

UW biologist Deborah Giles is one of many dismayed by the latest reminder of a population on the brink.

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.

Biology associate professor Greg Wilson unearths untold stories of early mammalian evolution.

Selected from 1,223 nominees from across the country, Natural Sciences undergraduates Chris Moore and Irika Sinha were named Goldwater Scholars.

Biology and Atmospheric Sciences professor Abigail Swann responds to a new study using tree rings to trace climate change and drought. 

Postdoctoral researchers Jessica Arbour and Abigail Curtis and Sharlene Santana, associate professor at the Burke Museum, focused on the diversity among bat skulls.

A new study identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs.

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.

Biology professor Dee Boersma speaks about worrying population trends in Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies. 

The College of Arts and Sciences mourns the passing of Benjamin “Ben” Hall, emeritus professor of genome sciences and biology. Professor Hall served as a university faculty member since 1963, and continued his work with students and faculty and gave back to the UW community long after retirement.