biology

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COLCHESTER, Vt.—The financial troubles at St. Michael’s College hit home for biology professor Declan McCabe when he noticed Buckthorn shrubs encroaching on walking trails near the house of the campus president.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

After graduating with a degree in marine biology from the University of Stirling, he took on a number of diving jobs.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Sean Eddy, a professor of molecular and cellular biology, said about 70% of the grades he gives are A’s because that many students meet the threshold for what he considers mastery of the material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Such treatments could adapt to each patient's unique biology, improving effectiveness while reducing side effects.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

She pored over the bookshelves, found lots of biology and physiology and animal science books, some agriculture, only one little book on myths, which she pulled out; she had this book, too.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby