UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Connected habitats help wildlife fight disease, strengthen protective microbes * Maintaining connections between natural habitats may support beneficial microbes that help wildlife defend against disease. In a new study of tropical amphibians, a team led by Penn State biologists found that amphibians in connected natural forests and aquatic habitats were more likely to host beneficial sk  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 20 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus posted the following news: * * * Knapp & Adams are UNCG's 2026 Research Excellence Award Winners * Congratulations to our 2026 Research Excellence Awards winners Dr. Paul Knapp and Dr. Heather Adams. Dr. Heather Adams, associate professor of English, receives the Early Career Research Excellence Award for her groundbreaking scholarship in rhetoric, composition, and writing studies, with interdiscipli  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 21 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Study Finds Each Protein in the Epigenome Produces a Different Pattern of Gene Expression A new study finds the proteins responsible for controlling which genes are expressed in a genome do more than simply turn a gene on or off. Essentially, each type of protein that interacts with a gene produces different behaviors - a finding with ramifications for everything from biomedi  more

CLINTON, South Carolina, April 20 -- Presbyterian College posted the following news: * * * Presbyterian College celebrates scholarship, leadership at 2026 Honors Day Convocation * Hallie Cohen named Outstanding Senior; Dr. Austin Shull '11 earns Professor of the Year as campus celebrates research, discovery Presbyterian College celebrated a year of academic achievement, research, and discovery April 9 during its annual Honors Day Convocation, the capstone to a day that also featured the Ho  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Tohono O'odham Youth Name Rare Arizona Ocelot 'Himdam' Following Cat's Remarkable Journey * SAN XAVIER, Tohono O'odham Nation -Students from the San Xavier District Voices of Our Youth program have named a rare wild ocelot roaming through southern Arizona "Himdam," which means "traveler" in the O'odham language. The name was chosen by a youth-led community vote involving m  more

DELAWARE, Ohio, April 20 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * Goldwater Scholar Ohio Wesleyan University student Ian Sander has been named a 2026-2027 by the prestigious Barry M. ship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The highly competitive ship is widely considered the preeminent undergraduate award for students pursuing degrees in mathematics, science, or engineering. A junior from Pemberville, Ohio, Sander is one of 454 college sophomores and juniors  more

MONTREAL, Quebec, April 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Montreal issued the following news: * * * Found: a new species of jellyfish, preserved in Paleozoic fossils Identified as Paleocanna tentaculum, the species is a rare find, as soft-bodied organisms do not usually preserve well, say scientists at UdeM and McGill University who discovered them. By Jeff Heinrich Canadian researchers studying 450-million-year-old fossils near Quebec City have identified a new species of basal-medusozoan:  more