Natural Sciences Division

Although cognizant of the stones and bones, Robin Dunbar’s “Human Evolution” is concerned with something more consequential: how and why Homo sapiens became what we are.

Vera Rubin, the famous U.S. astronomer, died on Dec. 25. She was 88. Emily Levesque, an astronomer at the UW, is quoted. 

Vera Rubin, an astronomer who proved the existence of dark matter, one of the fundamental principles in the study of the universe, died Dec. 25. She was 88. 

Ten blind people in the UK are set to be given "bionic eyes" for free by the National Health Service. Geoffrey Boynton, professor of psychology at the UW, is mentioned.

Children in the Grand Canyon State will soon be writing A-r-i-z-o-n-a as one linked series of letters. Is a conjoined W-a-s-h-i-n-g-t-o-n far behind?

Social bias can be expressed in variety of ways. A UW research reveals children not only notice non-verbal signals of social bias by adults, but also generalize the learned bias.

Doctors and parents of transgender children are embracing their identity as early as age 3. The UW's TransYouth Project, led by psychology professor Kristina Olson, is mentioned.

KOMO Radio's Herb Weisbaum interviews Billie Swalla, professor of biology and director of UW's Friday Harbor Labs, about a new study exploring limb regeneration. 

NASA plans to use Star Wars' colorful worlds as inspiration in its hunt for other planets. Victoria Meadows, an astronomer at the UW, is quoted

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

UW Psychology researchers have developed a remarkably effective therapy for people at high risk for suicide or with other behavior disorders.

A UW study of elementary school students conducted at three racially diverse Tacoma schools found children rate gender a more important part of their identities than race.

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.

Earth is a vibrant, lush planet that’s bustling with life, but if you’re far, far away would you be able to tell if there’s was life on Earth at all?

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.