Biology Department
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| Lizard Field School | Student biologists learn the how-to's of wildlife research by studying the life and death of lizards in Oregon's Alvord desert. For 15 years Dr. Roger Anderson has been leading students on a three-week immersion into lizard ecology and behavior. Students cope with the primitive… |
2014-02-24 | |
| Star Wars creator answers fan theory: Was Yoda based on a tarsier, an Asian primate? | Myron Shekelle, a researcher at Western Washington University, in an interview, noted how the long ears and bulging eyes of Yoda’s species are very similar to that of those in the tarsier family that dwell in the tropical rainforest in the Southeast Asian islands of the… |
2024-04-25 | |
| Nearly 500 visitors take a tour of WWU's Insect Collection | 2024-04-03 | ||
| In Memoriam: Joann Otto | 2024-03-27 | ||
| WWU students, faculty attend SACNAS conference in Portland | 2024-02-23 | ||
| Even Though Tarsiers, One Of The Oldest Nocturnal Primates Alive Today, Were Discovered During The Eighteenth Century, Not Many People Know About The Existence Of This Tiny Creature | According to Myron Shekelle, a biology instructor and researcher at Western Washington University, this absence of the reflective layer in the tarsier’s eyes offers some insight into the evolution of primates. He stated that tarsiers may have once been diurnal primates, which means they… |
2023-11-16 | |
| WWU’s Robin Kodner Secures $1.9M NSF Grant to Support DEI Initiatives in Scientific Societies | 2023-10-31 | ||
| All the Buzz: WWU students researching regional bumble bee populations | 2023-09-28 | ||
| Study being done to get a better understanding of area's bumblebees | A new study is underway to identify the number — and types — of bumblebees in Skagit and Whatcom counties. The study, which is led by Western Washington University graduate student Annie Jolliff, will also provide information about when the bees emerge from their nests… |
2023-06-29 | |
| Study being done to get a better understanding of area's bumblebees | A new study is underway to identify the number — and types — of bumblebees in Skagit and Whatcom counties. The study, which is led by Western Washington University graduate student Annie Jolliff, will also provide information about when the bees emerge from their nests… |
2023-06-29 |