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Smithsonian: UC student interprets bison 'mummy'

November 2, 2020

UC paleoecologist Joshua Miller and doctoral student Abby Kelly talk to Smithsonian about a rare mummified steppe bison found in Alaska that could improve our understanding of life on Earth 28,000 years ago.

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Madagascar's hippos were forest dwellers

July 12, 2023

Extinct hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than the open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa, researchers at the University of Cincinnati discovered.

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Earth.com: Dwarf hippos in Madagascar preferred forests

July 14, 2023

Earth.com and other science media highlight UC's discoveries about extinct hippos in Madagascar. An isotopic analysis found that dwarf hippos were not grazers of grasslands but instead preferred sedges and leaves in forests. This demonstrated the importance of forests to endemic wildlife on the island.