Department of Biology

Improving salmon runs could help the endangered killer whales that frequent the inland waters of Washington state.

The Southern Resident killer whales are a genetically distinct population, and they are considered critically endangered with only an estimated 78 individuals left.

A multi-year survey of the endangered southern resident killer whales suggests that up to two-thirds of pregnancies failed in this population from 2007 to 2014.

A research dog smells the sea air for orca excrement as its handler directs the boat. The researchers are from the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington.

“We now understand the design principles to make polymers that can transport both ions and electrons more effectively.” - Professor David Ginger, UW Dept. of Chemistry.

At the University of Washington, students are learning to navigate the hazards of our information-addled age.

Considerable attention has been devoted to the difficulties facing women in computer sciences, the problems and the search for solutions extend across the range of STEM fields.

Research for the book took him around the country, including to the University Washington, where he sat in on biology classes taught by University of Washington lecturer Jennifer Doherty.

Breaking from the general poleward movement of many species, flowering trees take an unexpected turn.

Rising global temperatures negatively impact all living beings.

A University of Washington seminar, promises to help students develop a BS detector — and it’s become a global phenomenon.

In the wake of the death of 85-year-old Min Bahadur Sherchan, officials in Nepal are considering whether to place an upper age limit on adventurers seeking to climb Mount Everest.

Scientists at the University of Washington, Texas A&M University and the Western Australian Museum have discovered and named a new genus and species of clingfish.

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