WashU-sponsored Thursday Nights at the Museum celebrate St. Louis
Free, family-friendly event features performances, panel discussions, film and music
2026 Arboretum Sticker Competition
The WashU Arboretum is now welcoming design submissions from WashU students for the 2026 Arboretum sticker, featuring this year’s Tree of the Year, Ginkgo biloba.
The Living Earth Collaborative connects the dots to build a greener St. Louis
Through transdisciplinary collaboration, the organization’s three working groups are redefining the region’s relationship with nature.
‘Pirates’ of the Caribbean: The luck and pluck of three-legged lizards
Chance encounter inspired team of biologists to study lizards with missing, reduced limbs
Biology faculty receive seven NIH MIRA awards
Seven members of the Department of Biology have received Maximizing Investigators’ Research Awards (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
How harmful bacteria hijack crops
Aphids, grasshoppers and other bugs aren’t the only pests that can quickly wipe out a crop.
Pigeons of St. Louis: A new look at a cosmopolitan bird
Pigeons seem right at home in St. Louis. You can see flocks perching on rooftops and power lines, waiting for a chance to grab a stray scrap of food or dirty a windshield.
WashU Arboretum wins national honor
On July 28, the National Association of College and University Business Officers recognized the WashU Arboretum as its 2025 Excellence in Sustainability Award recipient.
Biologist Zhong to study how plants deal with nutrient stress
Cultivated plants provide people with food, fuel and medicine. But crops also face many types of stresses that threaten their growth and yields.
Winged migration
St. Louis sits on the Mississippi Flyway — the largest migratory pathway used by birds in North America.