Natural Sciences Division

Samuel Wasser, director of the UW Center for Conservation Biology, speaks to Al Jazeera America on how to combat elephant poaching.

Pioneer, adventurist, and 'Renaissance man' Doug Walker remembered

Cheryl R. Kaiser, an associate professor in Psychology, discusses how the current structure of workplace diversity initiatives may not yield success.

John Cramer, a professor emeritus in the UW Department of Physics, has created two different renditions of what the big bang might have sounded like.

UW instructor Yaffa Maritz discusses the benefits of mindfulness practices.

Eric Agol, professor of astronomy, will receive the 2016 Lecar Prize from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Dee Boersma, professor in Biology has studied Magellanic penguins there for more than 30 years.

UW Biology Professor Janneke Hille Ris Lambers and student Leander Anderegg release new study.

Through a pilot program, parents learn how they can help their children develop the skills of self-regulation and effortful control.

Faculty across the College recommend a favorite book related to their field.

Conservation dogs sniff out endangered species.

A collaboration between UW developmental psychologists and computer scientists aims to enable robots to learn in the same way that children naturally do.

Department of Astronomy faculty discuss the value of gender diversity among students and faculty.

The $3 million prize will be shared among the over 1,300 scientists, including University of Washington researchers.

Gigantic blooms of algae can affect the weather and they account for 30 to 40 percent of all photosynthesis in the world’s oceans.