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.
January 25, 2021
University of Cincinnati biologists come up with novel way for deciding how to categorize similar animal behaviors. The results could help streamline animal behavior research.
February 12, 2021
According to a new UC study published in the journal Current Biology, male fruit flies with the most impressive sexual ornamentation also have super sperm that can outcompete that of rivals in the post-mating fertilization game.
March 10, 2021
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati hope to use the stable fly's genetic code against it to prevent billions of dollars in annual losses in the United States.
December 18, 2020
University of Cincinnati botanists replicate plant surveys of Cincinnati from 1834 and 1834 to track changes in the city's flora.
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.
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.
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.
June 8, 2020
University of Cincinnati biologist Elizabeth Hobson studies how animal social networks shape dominance hierarchies in species such as monk parakeets.
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.