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Bird Bias? New Research Reveals ‘Drab’ Species are Studied Less

April 24, 2025

Silas Fischer, a doctoral student studying ecology and organismal biology, discusses his findings that the last six decades of ornithological research has been heavily skewed towards fancy, familiar species.


Road Salt Runoff is Making Freshwater Lakes Inhospitable

February 24, 2022

Dr. Bill Hintz, an assistant professor of ecology, discusses his research that shows significant damage is being done to freshwater lakes by salt concentrations that are below ranges government regulators in North America and Europe have deemed safe.


A Male Infertility Crisis Could be on the Horizon

June 14, 2021

  Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss, professor of biological sciences, discusses ways that modern life is almost built to put male fertility in peril. Read: A Male Infertility Crisis Could be on the Horizon


Why your brain loves closed captioning

April 6, 2021

Dr. Stephen Christman, professor of psychology, discusses why closed captioning has taken off among those who are not hard of hearing. Read: Why your brain loves closed captioning