Natural Sciences Division

In a new study, orca pregnancy failures are up, salmon stocks are down, and fecal samples are in—thanks in part to a black Lab on dung duty.

Bruce Balick, UW professor emeritus of astronomy, shared a few thoughts that he’s written for the upcoming event.

UW psychology professor Peter Kahn has spent much of his career analyzing the relationship humans have with nature; he thinks that relationship is more fragile than many of us realize.

Forget ‘monkey see, monkey do.’ ‘Human see, human do’ might be more accurate. But what does our incredible ability to imitate do for us?

Physics professor Kai-Mei Fu is quoted in this article. 

UW astrophysicist is part of an expert panel about the eclipse.

Exoplanets to be found by coming high-powered telescopes will probably be tidally locked -- according to new research by astronomer Rory Barnes of the University of Washington.

A T. Rex skull, found biology professor Greg Wilson and his team is now on display at the Burke Museum. 

Evolutionary psychology is just the most obvious example of science’s flaws.

Sam Wasser, a professor at the UW who has performed forensic analysis on seized ivory for the last 13 years, commented on the destroyed ivory.

A common lizard living on the Texas-Mexico border underwent a dramatic genetic transformation in response to cold weather. Raymond Huey, an evolutionary biologist at the UW, is quoted. 

In 2013 and 2014, scientists started noticing that west coast starfish weren't their usual regenerative selves. 

The construction of a dam in central Brazil has spurred remarkably fast evolution of geckos in the region. Raymond Huey, an evolutionary biologist at the UW, is quoted.

A statistical analysis led by researchers at the UW sees almost no chance that the world’s nations will be able to keep the rise in global temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius

A new study warns that the planet will warm more than two degrees Celsius by the end of this century.