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ABRC combating plant blindness, educating on climate change
One of the greenhouses managed by Ohio State's Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center
An often-overlooked plant with a hard-to-pronounce…
Archaeology and the beyond in tropical paradise
To Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology Julie Field, the Pacific islands are more than just places for luxurious, tropical…
It's a scary time for bats
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While a spooky symbol of Halloween, bats around the world are facing threats of extinction. Bryan Carstens, a professor in the Department of Evolution,…
Climate change, humanities converge in Louisiana field school
As Thomas Davis and his students gazed across the murky swamps of southern Louisiana, the striking connection between the region’s environmental injustices and their causes became tragically…
First Person: Portrait of a young naturalist
Breanne LeJeune, program coordinator, Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme, shares a day of adventure and discovery with their nephew at the Museum of Biological Diversity in this…
Zoology alumna has spent career saving penguins
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Dee Boersma has been called the Jane Goodall of penguins.
An adorably curious, roughly 2-foot-tall Magellanic penguin she’s named Turbo greets…
Geography PhD candidate travels the world to know the world
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Forrest Schoessow, a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, stands on a glacier…
Teaching collaboration merges food sustainability, visual design
By 2025, Ohio State plans to source 40 percent of on-campus food locally and sustainably.
This ambitious commitment to future sustainability serves as the backdrop for the Food Futures:…
Machine learning helps predict endangered plant species
There are many organizations monitoring endangered species such as elephants and tigers, but what about the millions of other species on the planet — ones that most people have never heard of or…