Life Sciences

BYU's transmission electron microscope lets researchers and students take a closer look at cells and proteins.

In Ecuador, an interdisciplinary BYU team collaborates with local residents on a sustainable building.

Professor Steve Petersen offers tips for getting into birding.

Josephina Lealaitafea knew nothing about pageants—until she won Miss Samoa USA 2024.

In this 1963 photo, a professor and students examine a slide featuring frog vertebrae.

Undergraduate Jordan Moore's digestive tract research is making waves—and paving the way for the future of healthcare.

Lee Braithwaite drew over 40 detailed drawings of invertebrate sea life for the BYU library.

After a petition by plant and wildlife science professors, hybrid bermudagrass is now an option for water conservation.

You may have seen the classic water-cycle diagram, but a new one rethought by BYU professors adds a missing element.

BYU students and faculty make space for cottonwood trees with locals in an effort to protect and revitalize Utah Lake.

Chad Pollard and Kelaney Stalker apply epigenetics to projects they are passionate about while working in a BYU lab.

Two BYU grads have developed a novel therapeutic that attacks 90 percent of cancers.

Geology 105: Diamonds and Gems isn’t your standard GE science class.

A faculty-undergraduate duo become the first to sequence the clouded leopard genome.

BYU researchers are providing data to help Hawaiian conservationists preserve the fringing reefs of Molokai.

A BYU professor pioneered new way to look at the building blocks of life.

Thanks to generous donors, BYU students are using their research and passion for the benefit of the world.

In his research and his teaching, a BYU grad and professor explores big questions in biology and faith.

BYU researchers became the first to discover where the ancient Maya kept their sacred cacao groves.

BYU researchers, in tandem with a pharmaceutical company, developed a new cancer drug that's ready for human trials.