School of Life Sciences News
Life sciences involves studies of living organisms and their life processes, including their evolution and relationships with other living organisms and our planet. The courses and programs offered by the School of Life Sciences are designed for those students pursuing professional careers in medicine, science, and science education.
Current Life Sciences News
Meet some of the Mojave Desert critters that call our campus home.
Daniel Villanueva returns to the School of Life Sciences to help address challenges facing the endangered Devils Hole pupfish.
Through field work at the Clark County Wetlands, two UNLV graduate students are providing scientific data to help restore habitats and evaluate the health of its newest trees.
A program in the School of Life Sciences is improving retention and graduation rates through mentoring services and better course design.
A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
Researchers in UNLV’s Guha Lab are finding simple solutions to the problem of leaky gut that could improve future therapeutics.
Life Sciences In The News
The next time you’re in one of Toledo’s 19 Metroparks, you might see a bunch of 4 feet tall plastic tubes with trees growing out of them. But that’s not litter: those plastic tubes are actually helping the trees grow.
Discovery in hamsters suggests path toward inducing hibernation in mammals that don’t do it naturally.
Two-thirds of Metroparks Toledo plant sites examined over a recent six-year period showed biodiversity gains, a new report shows.
It could be unreliable feeders, unreachable nectar, or the lack of a water feature, to name a few.
Turn your garden into a hummingbird magnet.
A pair of UNLV graduates, Sarah Galera and Sophia Lorenzana, are helping preserve the Wetlands through a tree monitoring project with Clark County.
