LMU’s Department of Biology

12/13/2024

Looking for Christmas cards to not just share your warm greetings but your humor and wit? Look no further! Our alumni Halley Dante got you: STEM+ cards are for sale, with proceeds going towards sending water filters to countries in Central America!

02/12/2023

We’ve celebrated Darwin Day with the chili cook off competition hosted by Tri-Beta. Nine Fantastic Chilies has entered the competition highlighting the importance of variation in evolution. We even had sea food and quinoa inspired recepies, the opportunities are endless. Below are the winners:
Best carnivore chili (which happened to be the spiciest too): Clare Houston, student and Gen Bio TA
Best herbivorous chili (The Impossible Mushroom): Tanya Kuzmenko, professor
Best overall: Mary Catharine McElwain aka Cathy Emeritus professor with the secret recipe that no one can beat.
Congratulations!

11/05/2022

Happy Halloween from the Biology department!

05/03/2022

11/22/2021

Nice summary of recent hominim findings.

Did you know, in modern humans, several skeletal features distinguish the female pelvis from that of the male? When did our ancestors develop hips that distinguished the sexes?

🔗 http://ow.ly/62zI50GN9mB

07/02/2021

Nice story about frogs in Washington DC and some great pictures.

Let's call it the frog days of summer. Even in a very urban area such as ours, our green friends are on display, if you know where to look.

05/21/2021

It's been a very long 17 years for Brood X, our resident periodical cicadas, but they have finally emerged and started to take over D.C.

05/12/2021

And some very nice pictres

Despite their ecological values, new research reveals we don’t understand how most arachnid species are faring — or do much to protect them.

05/12/2021

“The natural world is built upon common motifs and patterns. Recognizing patterns in nature creates a map for locating yourself in change, and anticipation what is yet to come.” ― Sharon Weil

Explore the field-patterning of nature and the universe in the free Unified Science Course at ResonanceScience.org

04/16/2021

And special Thank you to our wonderful Biology Peer Mentors!