March 7, 2023
UC Assistant Professor Michael Booth tells ABC News that a mass die-off of fish indicates poor water quality in creeks near a chemical spill caused by the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
January 2, 2024
The New York Post turned to a University of Cincinnati wolf spider expert to debunk a social media panic that suggested the arachnids are attracted to a brand of body lotion.
December 15, 2023
Popular Science highlights a study in which UC Associate Professor Takuya Konishi describes a mosasaur new to science that was found in Japan. The Wakayama Soryu or "blue dragon" lived 72 million years ago during the late Cretaceous.
February 19, 2024
UC biologist Lucinda Lawson talks to the Colorado Sun about a proposal to rename birds named for people.
December 14, 2023
UC College of Arts and Sciences botanist Denis Conover talks to Cincinnati Edition about his new study examining ways that public gardens and arboretums are contributing to the spread of nonnative, invasive species.
December 21, 2023
Scientific American turned to a University of Cincinnati biologist to explain new research examining how eyeless spiders living deep within caves are still sensitive to light.
February 1, 2024
UC biologist Elizabeth Hobson talks to Pushkin Industries podcast the Last Archive about how monk parakeets came to live in the United States and foiled efforts to eradicate them.
March 8, 2024
UC biologist Bruce Jayne says sandworms featured in the science fiction books of the Dune universe move more like legless lizards than worms.
March 6, 2024
UC Professor Joshue Benoit talks to WVXU's Cincinnati Edition about the creepy arthropods that sometimes share our homes.
April 12, 2024
Local 12 and other news media highlighted a long-term study by the University of Cincinnati examining the recovery of a forest damaged by a deadly tornado 25 years ago. The study found that the storm provided an opportunity for some nonnative, invasive species.