Many of us are familiar with the hummingbirds that visit feeders, plants and gardens around us. But these small creatures are unusual in the ways they push the limits of...Read more

Biology Associate Teaching Professor Elli Theobald was named one of the recipients of the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award. The ...Read more

UW Biology Professor Peter Ward was interviewed by KUOW on his 50+ years of research on the nautilus.

You know when you find someone so knowledgeable about a...Read more

Julia Parrish, UW Biology Professor, is quoted in a Scientific American article about blue "jellyfish" washing up on California beaches. Along the U.S. Pacific coast, droves of alien creatures about...Read more

The Association of Professional Advisers & Counselors (APAC) at UW awarded the Department of Biology's Janet Germeraad and Jason Patterson as the July 2023 APAC Advisers of the Month. Janet...Read more

UW Biology Associate Professor Clemens Cabernard was awarded a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences, to study the cell and mechanobiology...Read more

Sam Wasser, UW Biology Research Professor, co-executive director of the Center for Environmental Forensic Science, and Endowed Chair in Conservation Biology, was named a Fellow of the...Read more

Natalia Guayazan Palacios, a PhD Candidate from the Steinbrenner Lab, was awarded the prestigious USDA Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute...Read more

The Abrahms Lab - Briana Abrahms, Biology assistant professor; Kasim Rafiq, Biology postdoctoral researcher; and Leigh West, Biology graduate student - was featured on the UW...Read more

In a paper published in Nature Climate Change, a team of researchers led by the UW's Center for Ecosystem Sentinels reports that climate change is increasing human-wildlife conflicts globally....Read more