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Ohio State News highlighted a recent Ecological Indicators publication by EEOB Ph.D. student, Seth Drake, EEOB assistant professors, Casey Pennock and Lindsey Bruckerhoff, and EEOB/MBD…
The Museum of Biological Diversity, The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, and the Ohio Environmental Council partnered to develop a traveling pop-up exhibit and educational program on freshwater mussels…
The Ohio Biodiversity Conservation Partnership (OBCP) at Ohio State University is hosting a VIRTUAL symposium on freshwater mussel conservation in honor of the late G. Thomas Watters on Wednesday,…
Origin and evolution of the symbiosis between sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) and hermit crabs, with additional notes on anemone-gastropod associations C. Gusmão, Vanessa Van Deusen,…
The Jewel Mudbug, a new crayfish species, was described by Bronwyn Williams (WLU), Zac Loughman (NCSM) and EEOB Grad student, Mael Glon. The authors named the crayfish (Lacunicambarus dalyae…
Jim McCormac discusses "mudbugs" with EEOB graduate student, Mael Glon, and Museum of Biological Diversity Alumnus, Roger Thoma. Read the entire article on the Columbus Dispatch website.
EEOB PhD student, Heather Glon, was featured in Arts and Sciences News this week. Glon, whose advisor is EEOB Professor Meg Daly, is attempting to gather a globally representative collection of…
Genomic signatures of sympatric speciation with historical and contemporary gene flow in a tropical anthozoan (Hexacorallia: Actiniaria) Benjamin M. Titus, Paul D. Blischak, Marymegan Daly. 2019…
Complex interplay of ancient vicariance and recent patterns of geographical speciation in north-western North American temperate rainforests explains the phylogeny of jumping slugs (Hemphillia spp.)…
EEOB Graduate Student, Mael Glon, is the winner of the 2019 EEOB Outstanding GTA Award. This award recognizes excellence in furthering the teaching mission of the department and university…
Dr. Tom Watters, Curator of Molluscs at the Museum of Biological Diversity, was interviewed by Columbus Underground for an article on Big Darby Creek. Darby Creek, recognized as both a State…
EEOB Graduate student, Mael Glon, won the photo contest at last year's International Association of Astacology symposium in Pittsburgh. The association has chosen his image for the cover photo on…
EEOB Professor and Museum of Biological Diversity Director, Meg Daly discusses the lifespan of a lobster with NBC 4. Read the article here.
Mussel pain: The crisis engulfing our freshwater molluscs
"Freshwater mussels are among the planet’s most endangered animals. Extreme conservation…
Ieva Roznere, now Postdoctoral researcher and visiting sceintist, studied for her PhD project "Health assessment of freshwater mussels using metabolomics". Ieva recently published some of her…
Tom Watters, curator of mollusks at the Ohio State Museum of Biodiversity, will hold a Mussel ID workshop at the 2017 symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society in Cleveland, OH…
Tom Watters, curator of mollusks at the Ohio State Museum of Biodiversity, gave a talk at the Annual Meeting of the Three Valley Conservation trust on January 28, 2017. Tom spoke about freshwater…