Biology

On a cold rainy day, the Duke Biological Sciences Greenhouse remains a warm and bright place for thousands of plants.

January 29, 2018

Inside the Greenhouse

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Kathleen Pryer, with former graduate student Fei-Wei Li. (Duke photography)

January 9, 2018

Kathleen Pryer: A Passion for the Little-Loved Fern

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Best buddies Fern and Alena at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina. Photo by Ipek Kulahci.

January 9, 2018

Some Lemurs are Loners, Others Crave Connection

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morphogenesis focuses on how different rates of growth change the shapes of organisms as they develop.

December 15, 2017

Morphogenesis and the Development of Living Forms: All Guts and Morning Glories

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A fist-full of colorful sharpies gave Valentina Cigliola a colorful launching point for some good conversations about spinal cord repair, rather than just standing there mutely while visitors read and read and read.

November 30, 2017

What's New in the Poster Session? A Fistful of Sharpies!

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A time-lapse video of an invading cell in the lab worm C. elegans shows a fleeting protrusion that may help explain how cancer spreads. Video by Kaleb Naegeli, Duke University.

November 27, 2017

Cells Bulge to Squeeze Through Barriers

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November 21, 2017

Three Faculty Elected Fellows of AAAS

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Gustavo Monteiro Silva

November 6, 2017

Gustavo Monteiro Silva: From Brazil, Taking on a Crucial Challenge in Cell Biology

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Happy Patients, Healthy Lungs

October 2, 2017

Helping Lung Transplant Patients Live Longer, Feel Better

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An exhibit about race at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences challenges our understanding of the concept of races. Photo courtesy NC Museum of Natural Sciences.

September 22, 2017

Understanding RACE: Duke Faculty Assist State Museum on Exhibit

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August 18, 2017

New Duke Center to Address Racial Healing and Transformation

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Image of a fly drawn by Robert Hooke in his Micrographia (1667), one of several rare historical volumes on entomology on display in the Stone Family Gallery.

July 6, 2017

Incredible Insects! Amazing Tales of Camouflage, Metamorphosis and Survival

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Duke launches free two-week girls science camp in Pisgah National Forest.

June 29, 2017

Taking Students Out on the Hiking Trails to Do Science

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Researchers have developed a way to make rice more resistant to bacterial blight and other diseases without reducing yield. Photo by Max Pixel.

May 18, 2017

Scientists Engineer Disease-Resistant Rice Without Sacrificing Yield

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Scientists have identified genes that enable rainbow trout to use Earth’s magnetic field to find their way back to the streams where they were born. Photo by Eric Engbretson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

April 26, 2017

Researchers Identify Genes That Help Trout Find Their Way Home

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Molly Rivera-Olds shovels snow at Lost Trail Pass.

April 24, 2017

Where Some Ski, Others Do Science

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