Not a Halloween gag, but an approach to preventing wildfires. BYU student Heather Finch approached the lab with all the tools she needed to analyze the Black Fingers of Death.

Two graduate students in BYU’s Department of Biology have earned prestigious, peer-reviewed grants from the National Geographic Society. They’ll use the funding to support research expeditions to Central and South America.

The Brigham Young University Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a new Life Sciences Building, to be built on the south end of campus.