Life Science

ASU's Kevin McGraw and a team of researchers are discovering that a manipulation of breast feather color can result in higher testosterone levels for male barn swallows.read more

Arizona State University placed sixth in the Thomson Scientific’s U.S. University’s Top 10 in the subject area of ecology and environmental sciences. read more

Viral video on taxonomy and biodiversity receives honor from "Oscars of the Internet."read more

An ASU lab is using satellite imagery to view micro phytoplankton, supporting research to understand the organism and its ecology.read more

ASU scientists are reporting that minerals from clay could provide inexpensive, highly-effective antimicrobials to fight deadly MRSA infections. read more

ASU ecologist Nancy Grimm is participating in a study that shows small streams and rivers play a critical role in buffering excess nitrogen runoff into the world's oceans.read more

ASU ecologist Nancy Grimm is participating in a study that shows small streams and rivers play a critical role in buffering excess nitrogen runoff into the world's oceans.read more

Postdoctoral fellow Caterina D’Agrosa is challenging historic views of marine systems and humans’ impact through fishing, introduction of invasive species and pollution.read more

ASU’s new International Institute for Species Exploration brings attention to cybertaxonomy with symposium and inaugural Linnaean Legacy Lecture March 3.read more

A team of researchers are using genome sequencing to unlock the genectic secrets of bacterium that produce a rare form of chlorophyll.read more