The study's main contributors include (L-R) graduate student Joshua Shaffer, professor Upasna Sharma, and postdoc Alka Gupta. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) The pioneering research of UC Santa Cruz’s ...

Why do some groups of organisms contain thousands of species while others have only a handful? Evolutionary biologists have ...

The Biology Department values studying abroad as a complement to a liberal arts education and a compelling option for fulfilling the COLL 300 requirement. Students who choose to study abroad gain ...

Imagine using your cellphone to control the activity of your own cells to treat injuries and disease. It sounds like something from the imagination of an overly optimistic science fiction writer. But ...

Human biology is the study of all aspects of the human organism including evolution, genetics, ecology, anatomy and physiology, development, anthropology, and nutrition, among others. A deep ...

This program is no longer accepting new student applications. Biology is the study of living organisms, including their structure, systems, function, evolution, and ecology. The immersion provides ...