Department of Biology

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. 

Teachers at the Burke's DIG Field School in Montana had a close encounter with a long-buried T. rex.

For years we have been told that jellyfish are growing in numbers and will swarm the oceans. But this may not be true

A 2010 study showed that 20 percent of lizard species would likely be extinct by 2080 due to climate change. Now researchers say it may be much worse.

The corpse flower at the Volunteer Park Conservatory may be a dud. The flower, on loan from the UW biology department, has been removed after it failed to reach its full bloom.

Researchers at the University of Washington are hoping to answer that question. NPR's Scott Simon talks to biology and pathology professor Daniel Promislow about the Dog Aging Project.

The 12-year-old corpse plant, Amorphophallus titanum, is beginning to bloom at Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory.

An African elephant census financed by Paul Allen has found that populations fell by 30 percent in seven years. But there were some bright spots where animal numbers were on the rise.

Biologists at the University of Washington are launching a long-term study that involves testing medications that could enhance dogs' life spans.

A study led by the University of Washington shows that popular long-term drought estimates have a major flaw.

A warming planet might not dry out Earth as much as previously believed, because plants will become less thirsty as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises, researchers said Monday.

Dougsley--the UW's young corpse plant--has relocated temporarily to the Volunteer Park Conservatory.