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Would you vote for this penguin?
May 21, 2021
University of Cincinnati biology students study whether little blue penguins are more likely to lead or follow other members of their colony.
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Biologists discover bizarre 'lasso' snake locomotion
January 11, 2021
University of Cincinnati biologist Bruce Jayne and collaborators from Colorado State University discovered a new mode of snake locomotion that allows nimble brown tree snakes to climb fat cylinders to reach prey. The research could help design snake-proof barriers to protect utility equipment and vulnerable birds.
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UC survey covers two centuries of botany
December 18, 2020
University of Cincinnati botanists replicate plant surveys of Cincinnati from 1834 and 1834 to track changes in the city's flora.
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UC contributes to global plant database
November 17, 2020
UC's herbarium joins two dozen other institutions in contributing to an enormous catalog of lichens and bryophytes, the group of small green plants that include mosses.
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Trout don’t follow the weather forecast
September 11, 2020
University of Cincinnati visiting assistant professor of biology Michael Booth studied the migration patterns of steelhead, a subpopulation of rainbow trout that migrates to the Pacific Ocean, where the growing fish hunt and feed until they return to their natal freshwater streams to spawn.
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Fish exposed to estrogen produce fewer males
October 22, 2020
UC assistant professor Latonya Jackson conducted experiments with North American freshwater fish called least killifish. She found that populations of killifish exposed to estrogen in concentrations of 5 nanograms per liter in controlled lab conditions had fewer males and produced fewer offspring. Scientists have found estrogen at as much as 16 times that concentration in streams adjacent to sewage treatment plants.
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Twitter fight: Birds use social networks to pick opponents
June 8, 2020
University of Cincinnati biologist Elizabeth Hobson studies how animal social networks shape dominance hierarchies in species such as monk parakeets.
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UC creates living tribute to Ohio botanist
August 25, 2020
A University of Cincinnati biologist worked with Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum to create a fitting tribute to one of America’s legendary conservationists and botanists, E. Lucy Braun.
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UC maps genome of agricultural monsters
October 23, 2020
University of Cincinnati biologist Joshua Benoit is unlocking the genetic code of costly agricultural pests to find ways besides pesticides to control them.
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Unlocking the mysteries of the pecking order
January 12, 2022
University of Cincinnati assistant professor Elizabeth Hobson discusses 100 years of research in dominance hierarchies in the latest issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.