Biology Department
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| Western Washington University biologist explores how biodiversity can help – or hurt -- carbon storage in forests | 2018-08-29 | ||
| What’s that bug? New Northwest field guide makes it easy to find out | Merrill Peterson knows few people are as passionate about insects as he is. But you don’t have to share the … |
2018-08-20 | |
| What just crawled, waddled or flew by? WWU professor has your answer | Have you ever watched a bug scuttle, crawl or fly by and wondered “what was that!?” |
2018-08-17 | |
| Students share research with Larsen | The effects of climate change on oysters, the way microplastics are impacting sea creatures and the biochemistry of the seafloor at Bellingham Bay are all projects being researched now at Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center. U.S. Rep. Rick… |
2018-08-16 | |
| WWU professor writes new ‘Pacific Northwest Insects’ field guide | The book showcases about 1,200 regional insects, and mentions ways to identify a few thousand more. Peterson took about half of the 1,700 photographs in the book. Though this is still only a tiny slice of the 30,000 insect species that have been catalogued in the… |
2018-08-09 | |
| Biology's Merrill Peterson Writes New ‘Pacific Northwest Insects’ Field Guide | 2018-08-07 | ||
| Ten WWU student-athletes earn GNAC Academic Award | Ten Western Washington University student-athletes have been named recipients of Great Northwest Athletic Conference Faculty Athletics Representative’s Scholar-Athlete awards for 2017-18. Presented annually to the most outstanding student-athletes at each GNAC institution, the award… |
2018-07-20 | |
| Reassessing nature’s clock | A Jackson native, Trevor Bloom was a natural candidate to take over the field-based portion of the study for the Nature Conservancy. His master’s thesis at Western Washington University examined how alpine plants are moving upslope due to climate change in the Rocky… |
2018-07-11 | |
| Bizarre watermelon snow appearing on Pacific NW mountains | Watermelon snow is one of nature's peculiarities. Scientists don't fully understand it, or the long-term impact it could have on the environment. Here's one thing they do know: Watermelon may look neat but it's not something conservationists want to see. According to a study in… |
2018-06-12 | |
| NASA Will Explore an Undersea Volcano in Hawaii to Learn More About Alien Life | Life underwater could offer insight into life in spaceBut unlike other vents, Lo'ihi isn’t quite as hot which makes it closer to what scientists expect to someday explore in space. Being a space agency, NASA doesn’t have its own underwater equipment ready to go, so instead, it is… |
2018-06-12 |