Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Washington launching Summer 2014 The goal of the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Washington, a multi-year conservation immersion program, is to broaden participation within conservation and diversify what it means to be a “conservation professional.” They are looking for 20-25 freshmen and sophomores to join an eight week immersion course this summer. 

Since dried filters from the mouths of filter-feeding rays hit apothecary shop menus in  Asia – the thought being that eating ground-up filters will cleanse one’s liver – there’s been no way to know which of these gentle-natured rays was being slaughtered. Unlike predatory rays that attack and crush prey with their mouths, the filter-feeder rays eat plankton particles, larvae and fish eggs that they sieve from seawater. 

The New Zealand Forest opened September 15, 2013 at the Washington Park Arboretum.  Read more about this new exhibit in the Seattle Times. 

Two new studies involving the University of Washington are shedding new light on the internal workings and risks from volcanoes, especially the ones in the Cascade range in Washington, Oregon and Northern California.  Read more and watch video on King5.com