Natural Sciences Division

Scientists have just discovered a dinosaur relative that lived in Antarctica 250 million years ago. The iguana-sized reptile’s genus name, Antarctanax, means Antarctic king.

Wolf populations are increasing in Washington state faster than officials expected.

A dedicated Speech and Hearing Sciences staff member left an unexpected — and very generous —  gift to the department through a bequest.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced a stunningly detailed portrait of the Triangulum Galaxy, displaying a full spiral face aglow.

Dubs II has big paws to fill as successor to UW mascot Dubs. Anne-Lise Nilsen (BS, 2014) is making sure he's prepared.

Two scientists at the UW unveiled a new statistical method for estimating migration flows between countries

Through his G'ma Project, artist Che Sehyun (BA, English, CHID | BS, Biology, 2011) is honoring elders, ancestors and culture.

Science fiction has come alive in our modern world. Current projects at the UW show that some literary fantasies will soon be reality.

Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences study shows that parents who speak “parentese” can have a direct impact on their children’s vocabulary. 

Daniel Kroupa, a Washington Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute (CEI), made Forbes' "30 Under 30" list.

Every autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, Magellanic penguins leave their coastal nesting sites in South America. For adults, their summer task — breeding, or at least trying to — is complete. Newly fledged chicks and adults gradually head out to sea to spend the winter feeding. They won’t return to land until spring.

Wondering if we've got neighbors? UW astrobiologists are looking for signs of life elsewhere in the Universe. 

A paper published in the Royal Society’s journal Interface explores the effects of seawater on protein-based adhesives produced by marine mussels (bivalve mollusks). According to the study conducted by UW researchers, low pH and oxygen conditions in seawater cause the mussel’s adhesive plaques to weaken.

UW physicist Jiun-Haw Chu named Packard Fellow for research on quantum materials.

Associate Professor of Psychology Kristina Olson has been named one of this year's MacArthur Fellows.