The Biology Undergraduate Symposium (BUS) is often the first opportunity for Senior Thesis and Project students to present their research results to an audience.  These students have spent a year pursuing scientific research with professors in the Biology Department and other departments at McMaster

Save the milkweed, save the monarch

Could there soon be a summer without the iconic monarch butterfly?

That’s the question raised by the most recent monarch survey, which shows a dramatic decline in both the numbers of the butterfly and the size of

What happened to the mosquitoes?

Have you noticed something odd about this summer?
Not the heat. Not the dryness.
Actually, the thing that people are starting to talk about these days is the lack of mosquitoes. Unless you’re living next to a swamp, you’re

Mac researcher debunks mushroom myth

A McMaster researcher has debunked a killer mushroom myth.

After several years of field research, biology professor Jianping Xu has discovered that a wild mushroom was not at the root of hundreds of unexplained deaths in a remote region

Piskuric to receive Governor General's medal at Fall Convocation

For Nikol Piskuric, the best part of receiving an award is being able to share it with her family. She'll get to do just that later this week.

On Friday afternoon, the 28-year-old will be