February 14, 2024
University of Cincinnati botanist Denis Conover shares advice about how to eradicate invasive Amur honeysuckle without herbicides.
April 9, 2024
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati documented the recovery of a forest decimated by a tornado 25 years ago. Their findings demonstrate how major disturbances can have lasting and unexpected consequences for biodiversity.
March 20, 2024
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that sunburst diving beetles need water to develop and maintain their sharp vision. And understanding the foundations of this mechanism could shed light on our own vision deficits.
May 13, 2024
A biologist with the University of Cincinnati is raising public awareness about ways to keep birds from striking windows, a national problem that is leading to alarming declines in populations.
September 9, 2022
UC postdoctoral researcher Nese Devenot talks to Wired magazine about challenges facing psychedelic therapies.
April 26, 2024
Using environmental DNA analysis, researchers identified a collection of plants used in ceremonial rituals in the ancient Maya city of Yaxnohcah. The plants, known for their religious associations and medicinal properties, were discovered beneath a plaza floor upon which a ballcourt was built, suggesting the building might have been blessed or consecrated during construction.
June 7, 2024
Three University of Cincinnati professors were named to the 2023 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows, a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community. From UC's College of Arts and Sciences, Carlton Brett, a professor in the department of geosciences, and George Uetz, a biological sciences professor, were honored. Dionysios Dionysiou, a professor of environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, was honored posthumously.
June 15, 2022
A new botanical survey of southwest Ohio found that invasive species introduced to the United States over the past century are crowding out many native plants. They found that many species purposely introduced as landscaping plants are flourishing in the wild.
June 30, 2023
pretty ornamental shrub from Japan found in many people’s yards is sprouting wild in an increasing number of parks and forests across the United States. Now researchers at the University of Cincinnati warn that the shrub, Siebold’s viburnum, is showing up in many public forests across southwest Ohio.
April 3, 2023
University of Cincinnati scientists found that gregarious monk parakeets lose social standing during an absence. Top-ranked birds lost the most social standing while lower-ranked birds faced less aggression while rejoining the group. studied three groups of captive monk parakeets in 2021 and 2022. The new study, led by postdoctoral researcher Annemarie van der Marel, focused on testing whether social history was a critical component in structuring how the parakeets gained and maintained their ranks within their groups. Researchers were able to identify each bird’s status in the flock’s dominance hierarchy by observing their interactions and quantifying rank using networks of aggression.