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DNA Tracking Of Ivory Helps Biologists Find Poaching Hotspots
To stop elephant slaughter in Africa, zoologist Sam Wasser spent years extracting DNA from elephant dung and tissue. Much of the world's poached ivory, he discovered, comes from just three places. -
DNA Research, A New Hope for African Elephants
UW biologist Samuel Wasser's pioneering work is helping stop illegal ivory trade that's decimating the African elephant population. -
How Poop-Sniffing Dogs Could Help Save Endangered Species
Biologists estimate the business kills roughly one out of every ten African elephants each year. -
Elephant poaching hotspots identified
Most illegally poached African elephant ivory can be traced back to just two areas of Africa, research shows. -
Scientists have used DNA tests to track Africa’s worst elephant poaching spots
The key to saving elephants from poachers could be locked up in the animals' DNA, according to the results of a new study. -
DNA analysis at UW identifies elephant poaching’s hot spots in Africa
Most illegal ivory comes from animals killed in two areas in Africa: Tanzania and a protected area that spans Gabon, Republic of Congo, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. -
DNA May Help Track Ivory Poachers
Investigators who collected DNA from the tusks of slain elephants have identified two large areas where the slaughter has been occurring -
Plants make big decisions with microscopic cellular competition
Biology Professor Keiko Torii and her team have identified a mechanism that some plant cells use to receive complex and contradictory messages from their neighbors. -
Hawkmoths Slow Brain to Dine in the Night
Research from UW Biology Professor Tom Daniel and colleagues shows Hawkmoths see at dusk by slowing down visual processing in the brain. -
Congratulations Class of 2015!
A new video looks back on the outstanding work of our students, faculty, and alumni in 2015.
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Care about our birds? Protect Earth’s largest intact ecosystem to our north
The boreal forest is one of the world’s largest storehouses of carbon and home to an abundance of animals and birds. -
How the hawkmoth sees, hovers and tracks flowers in the dark
Using high-speed infrared cameras and 3-D-printed robotic flowers, scientists have now learned how this insect juggles these complex sensing and control challenges. -
Is it moral for Microsoft to hire more skilled foreign workers?
David Hyde talks with University of Washington philosophy professor Michael Blake about the ethics of proposals by companies to hire more foreign workers. -
Inside the cult of Secret Wedding Pinterest, where fiances are optional
Pepper Schwartz talks about planning weddings, even when there's no wedding to plan. -
Is Seattle the epicenter of capitalism and anti-capitalist protest?
Seattle is known as home to some of the world’s most successful corporations, but also to some of the most vigorous anti-capitalist protests. UW history professor Margaret O'Mara is quoted.