Biodiversity

Cultivated plants provide people with food, fuel and medicine. But crops also face many types of stresses that threaten their growth and yields.

St. Louis sits on the Mississippi Flyway — the largest migratory pathway used by birds in North America.

The downstream consequences of religion, politics and war can have far-reaching effects on the environment and on the evolutionary processes affecting urban organisms, according to a new analysis from Washington University in St. Louis.

Before venturing out into the woods, a nearby park or even your backyard, keep an eye out for mosquitoes and ticks, which can be vectors, or carriers, for pathogens that can cause disease.

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Across all Washington University in St. Louis campuses, scores of researchers share a drive to understand the natural forces that shape our climate, health, culture and physical world.

Natalie Mueller, an expert on agrobiodiversity and an assistant professor of archaeology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, studies “three sisters” crops.

Combining the forces of WashU, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Saint Louis Zoo, the Living Earth Collaborative works to protect the plants and animals of the world — for their sake and ours.

A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis investigates an innovative method for capturing carbon dioxide (CO₂) while recovering nickel (Ni), a critical metal for clean energy technologies.

Undergraduate researcher Sam Ko has been studying ticks for the last year of her college career. Her legacy will be confirming the arrival of a tiny invasive species raising big concerns.

Research reveals convergent evolution between domesticated species, a phenomenon that has received little previous attention