Environment

Extinction is usually treated as a scientific topic. The course "Cultures of Extinction" explores it with a humanities focus.

How do we live with the fact that the world we knew is going and, in some cases, already gone?

Scientists at the University of Washington, Texas A&M University and the Western Australian Museum have discovered and named a new genus and species of clingfish.

According to a University of Washington biology department research team, humans are not alone in continuing to support offspring who have "left the nest."

Center for Conservation Biology director Dr. Sam Wasser comments on how DNA mapping illegal ivory can illustrate its wider connections to drug trafficking rings. 

In a tiny island laboratory in the Northwesternmost corner of Washington, one marine biologist is on a mission: Scan every known fish species in the world.

In order to make international students’ journey in America more meaningful, UW's Wei Zuo devotes herself to creating the bridge to help international students adapt. 

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.

More information surrounding the existence of Proxima B, the Earth-sized exoplanet near our sun, has come to light. Rory Barnes, professor of astronomy at the UW, is quoted.

 In this TED Talk, Peter Ward, paleontologist and astrobiologist at the UW, explains what we can learn from previous mass extinctions.

University of Washington astronomer Rory Barnes says Proxima Centauri b is the biggest discovery in 20 years for planet hunters like himself.

KOMO Radio's Herb Weisbaum interviews Rory Barnes, professor of astronomy at the UW, about the potential for habitability of Proxima b.

The discovery of a roughly Earth-size planet around Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to Earth, has generated a lot of buzz.

A warming planet might not dry out Earth as much as previously believed, because plants will become less thirsty as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises, researchers said Monday.

In case you weren’t on Earth on Wednesday, here’s what you missed: Astronomers found a planet as close by as a planet could possibly be — in the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri.