Biodiversity

The climate crisis demands immediate action; the rapidly expanding climate sector demands highly educated leaders; and students demand an education that prepares them to tackle what they say is a top priority.

Researchers contributed to a national study that identifies how gentrified parts of a city have notably more urban wildlife than ungentrified parts of the same city.

Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted what can be done when one threatened animal kills another.

To protect migrating birds passing through the St. Louis region in late April and May, the Office of Sustainability is partnering with the Lights Out Heartland initiative to curb light pollution.

Researchers with the Forest Park Living Lab have been following two red-tailed hawks since December 2023. The hawks have built and are tending a nest near the WashU campus.

In her work with local organizations to promote health and wellness in the St. Louis region, Diana Parra Perez, PhD ’13, sees the power of solidarity.

Scientists share single-cell atlas for the highly regenerative worm, Pristina leidyi.

The associate professor of biology will travel to Belgium to continue her work on the green potential of purple bacteria.

Archaeologist Xinyi Liu’s field work on the Tibetan Plateau, inner Mongolia and regions across Central Asia has contributed to a better understanding of the globalization of food in deep antiquity and its biological and social consequences.

Foston takes detailed look at lignin disassembly on path to replace petroleum with renewables