Biology

Professor Stephen Wainwright in the mid-1990s. Researchers in the BioDesign Studio he founded built these small rubbery models -- dubbed Twiddlefish -- to show how fish bend their bodies into waves of S-shaped curves in order to swim.

December 16, 2019

Duke Flags Lowered: Scientist-Sculptor Stephen Wainwright Dies

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December 10, 2019

Michael Tomasello on What Makes Us Human

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Close-up images of Arabidopsis thaliana in Philip Benfey's lab. Their translucent tissues makes it possible to peer through a microscope and watch development unfold. Photo by Duke University.

December 4, 2019

The Making of a Root

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November 6, 2019

Why Were These Students Tracking Dung Beetles in Gabon?

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Adriane Lentz-Smith talks about the contradictions of race as social creation. Joseph Graves and Charmaine Royal were among the other panelists. Photo by Youqi Tang

October 24, 2019

Shaking Off Outmoded Ideas On Race

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We never forget our torments. Even our DNA has a molecular memory of being bullied, finds a new study of rhesus monkeys.

October 15, 2019

How Status Sticks to Genes

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As new moms, North Atlantic right whales tone down their underwater vocalizations

October 10, 2019

The Whale Whisperers: How Moms Talk to Calves Without Alerting Predators

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Arpita Bose’s research explores the metabolism of microorganisms.

October 10, 2019

These Microbes 'Eat' Electrons for Energy

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By giving them a hands-on opportunity to participate in research, Duke's Eric Spana helps students get comfortable working in labs. Photo by Stephen Schramm.

September 30, 2019

Blue Devil of the Week: Teaching the Fun Side of Serious Science

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Zinnia stamen by Thomas Barlow, Duke University

September 26, 2019

Close Views of Science and Nature, Combined With Magic Light

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Whether this infant baboon survives to adulthood depends, in part, on events that happened to his mother long before his birth. A study of wild baboons finds that a mom’s childhood trauma can be passed to the next generation. Chelsea Weibel, Notre Dame.

September 24, 2019

For Baboons, a Mother's History of Hardship Can Have Lasting Effects on Her Kids Too

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Susan Alberts has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in the fields of anthropology, genetics, endocrinology, biology and primatology. Photo by Jonathan Black.

September 23, 2019

Blue Devil of the Week: A Renowned Baboon Scientist

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A research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy uses climate controlled chambers to study the impact of global warming on peat mosses and the microbes they interact with. Credit: DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

August 29, 2019

Duke-Led Team Wins $3M Grant to Study Peatlands and Climate Change

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August 28, 2019

What Lemurs Can Tell Us About Love at First Whiff

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Anne Lacey helps Duke Biology graduate students find teaching assistantships or fellowships. Photo by Jonathan Black.

August 26, 2019

Blue Devil of the Week: Biology’s Spreadsheet Superstar

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A scanning electron microscope image shows the 1-micron projections on the adhesive patches of a leaping gall midge larva. Researchers aren’t sure yet what makes them so sticky. (Duke SMIF/Grace Farley)

August 8, 2019

Leaping Larvae! How Do They Even Do That Without Legs?

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