September 16, 2022
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati found that it’s not just the size of a python's head and body that puts almost everything on a python’s menu. They evolved super-stretchy skin between their lower jaws that allows them to consume prey up to six times larger than similar-sized snakes.
May 23, 2022
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati say nighttime light pollution can interfere with the remarkable navigational abilities of monarchs, which travel as far as Canada to Mexico and back during their multigenerational migration.
March 11, 2022
Cavefish have obvious adaptations such as missing eyes and pale colors that demonstrate how they evolved over millennia in a dark, subterranean world. Now researchers at the University of Cincinnati say these incredible fish have an equally remarkable physiology that helps them cope with a low-oxygen environment that would kill other species.
June 1, 2022
Researchers with the University of Cincinnati found that mosquitoes whose slumber is disrupted are more interested in catching up on their sleep than looking for food the next day. The research demonstrates how vital this biological function is even among insects.
May 26, 2022
University of Cincinnati master's student Julie Barnes works as a veterinarian at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden where she recently performed an ultrasound on a hippo.
January 17, 2023
A local museum is highlighting a summer research program at the University of Cincinnati that invites students from across the country to the UC campus to work with faculty on sensory ecology projects.
August 23, 2023
UC researchers are studying the parasite responsible for Chagas disease to unlock new treatments to prevent its transmission.
August 25, 2023
Sure, pythons can swallow a deer whole, but the world-champion eater is a harmless African snake with a fondness for eggs.
November 18, 2022
University of Cincinnati biology students use QR scanners to organize care for birds in their lab.
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.