September 13, 2021
University of Cincinnati biologist George Uetz spent the COVID-19 pandemic receiving honors from his alma mater and an international scientific organization for his contribution to the field of animal behavior.
October 28, 2021
University of Cincinnati behavioral ecologist Annemarie van der Marel found that Barbary ground squirrels keep watch for predators together as a survival strategy.
January 12, 2022
University of Cincinnati assistant professor Elizabeth Hobson discusses 100 years of research in dominance hierarchies in the latest issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
January 13, 2022
An international team of researchers finds that a jumping spider with vivid color on its face and legs can't see it.
July 29, 2022
Brooke Bartholomew had a hunch something good was about to happen when she saw people carrying balloons in the University of Cincinnati’s black and red colors walk into her high school classroom.
May 4, 2022
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati are studying low-cost ways to improve water quality and wildlife habitat in Greater Cincinnati’s creeks. UC biologists Stephen Matter and Michael Booth are examining whether water quality and wildlife habitat can be improved simply by adding logs and branches in select parts of the upper Cooper Creek. The addition of fallen timber could help slow periodic floodwaters, create more standing pools for fish during droughts and add nutrients for plants and fungus that support other aquatic life, researchers said.
May 23, 2022
The UC creators of Biology Meets Engineering are wrapping up a three-year National Science Foundation grant to develop and demonstrate a new curriculum drawing from both fields in UC’s College of Arts and Sciences and its College of Engineering and Applied Science. UC students take the class for course credit while faculty will offer a three-week course in June to introduce the concept to high school students.
January 20, 2023
Ohio is the first of several states taking steps to eradicate the once-popular ornamental Callery pear tree, known for their white spring blossoms.
May 24, 2022
University of Cincinnati biologists found that a double layer of silk in combination with a surgical mask can enhance its ability to prevent the spread of viruses like COVID-19.