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A week after an unusual human case of H5 avian influenza was reported in Missouri, many questions remain. Jacco Boon, virologist at WashU, comments.

Lúcia Lohmann, professor of biology, will be Missouri Botanical Garden’s eighth president and the first woman to hold that post in the nonprofit’s history.

Driven by a local environmental racism report and a commitment to uphold the sanctity of life, churches throughout the metro area decided something had to be done.

The City of St. Louis is prone to an urban heat island effect. Heather Navarro, the director of the Midwest Climate Collaborative, and Kim Medley, the director of Tyson Research Center, comment.

Researchers recently discovered that purple bacteria, typically found in aquatic environments, has a special ability to act like microscopic plastic factories.

Can we solve the world’s biggest problems together? At WashU, we believe we can.

For the first time, scientists have built a detailed atlas of a zebrafish’s nerve cells.

A recent study has cast doubt on the long-held belief that drought, caused the decline of Cahokia, a once-thriving Native American settlement near present-day St. Louis.

Companies and others responsible for some of America’s most toxic waste sites are using a federal health agency’s faulty reports to save money on cleanups, defend against lawsuits and deny victims compensation, a Reuters investigation found. WashU’s Sarah Chavez chimes in.

Jonathan B. Losos, professor of biology, teaches course “The Science of Cats.”