John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation names 173 fellows for 2013.
Guggenheim names Braester, Daniel as fellows
May 7, 2013
Currently browsing: Department of Biology
Book focuses on 1969 fight to save America’s premier fossil beds
April 2, 2013
Book Q and A: To allow buildings on 34 million year-old fossils would be like using the Dead Sea Scrolls to wrap fish in, proclaimed the lawyer defending land that would eventually become Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
Mutant champions save imperiled species from almost-certain extinction
February 19, 2013
Species facing widespread and rapid environmental changes can sometimes evolve quickly enough to dodge the extinction bullet. UW scientists consider the genetic underpinnings of such evolutionary rescue.
Mussels cramped by environmental factors
February 18, 2013
The fibrous threads helping mussels stay anchored are more prone to snap when ocean temperatures climb higher than normal.
Piranha kin wielded dental weaponry even T. rex would have admired — with video
December 26, 2012
Taking into consideration size, an ancient relative of piranhas weighing about 20 pounds delivered a bite with more force than prehistoric whale-eating sharks or – even – Tyrannosaurus rex.
Plumes across the Pacific deliver thousands of microbial species to West Coast
December 17, 2012
Microorganisms – 99 percent more kinds than had been reported in findings published just four months ago – are hitching rides in the upper troposphere from Asia.
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