Biology Department

Birch Bay residents concerned about the algal blooms in the bay can attend a free public seminar on Thursday, July 30.

Dr. Robin Kodner, assistant professor of biology at Western Washington University, will give a speech at Birch Bay Bible Community Church from 7 to 8 p.m. on July 30.…

Ellen (Smith) Broad died on June 7, 2015 from heart related issues. She was 86 years old. She was born on August 10, 1928 in Barnesville, Georgia to Flossie and Rory Smith. She had two sisters (Christine and Barbara, both deceased) and a brother (Quillian, deceased).

Emerging from a recent dive 40 feet below the surface of the Puget Sound, biologist Ben Miner wasn't surprised by what he found: The troubling disease that wiped out millions of starfish up and down the West Coast had spread to this site along the rocky cliffs of Lopez Island.

In scattered sites along the Pacific Coast, researchers and others have reported seeing hundreds of juvenile sea stars, buoying hopes for a potential comeback from sea star wasting disease that has caused millions of purple, red and orange sea stars to curl up, grow lesions, lose limbs and…

Western’s Biology Department saved $50,000 on the purchase of a powerful new microscope that has the ability to capture 3D images of cells.
The total cost to Western was $65,325.