Department of Biology

Viola Miller, 8, opened her piggy bank to support penguin research.

Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology at UW, shares his insights on why biggest isn't necessarily the best when it comes to deer antlers and lion manes.

In UW Biology we are fueled by what if. We are driven by curiosity and a belief in what's possible. And we believe it's possible to transform the way biological research and teaching are done.

Our 'close relatives' acorn worms can regrow every major body part after being cut in half.

A long-term study by UW's P .Dee Boersma shows the subtle hand of natural selection on Argentina’s Magellanic penguins.

The loss of forests worldwide appears to interact synergistically to produce unpredictable effects on the global climate.

Climate models reveal possibility of woodland El Niño.

A team of scientists examining seized shipments of elephant tusks from Africa have found that the vast majority of the ivory came from elephants that died within the last 3 years.

Technology by itself will not save pangolins or elephants, but it can help make major progress.

A research team led by University of Washington biology professor Tom Daniel has teased out how hawkmoths integrate signals from two sensory systems: vision and touch.

UW biologists use Tucker, a rescue dog, to gather information about killer whales. 

The arrest of a key member of an ivory-trafficking group is a bright spot in an otherwise complicated season for African elephants

If UW's Robert Paine had been a physicist, chemist or cell biologist, he likely would have been in contention for a Nobel Prize for coining the term "keystone species."

After Monday's presidential debate, MSNBC's Chuck Todd critiqued the candidates' performances -- and ruffled feathers online with an unusual denunciation.

UW biologist Dee Boersma and her colleagues combed through 28 years’ worth of data on Magellanic penguins for signs that natural selection may be acting on certain traits.