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Apr 10, 2024

Scientists Observed Odd Zoo Animal Behavior During Totality in Fort Worth

CNN
Similar behaviors were seen among other mammals and reptiles, including a crocodile that began to get ready for bed as the sky darkened, and tortoises that broke the door to their evening enclosure attempting to go inside for the night, according to Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose, professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

Apr 9, 2024

College Honors 2023-24 LeRoy and Elva Martin Award Recipients

Elisabeth Brown in the Department of Mathematics and Emily Hector in the Department of Statistics were honored for their teaching excellence.

Apr 9, 2024

Winners Named for 2024 Graduate Research Symposium

Three Sciences graduate students were in the top 27 performers at the 17th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium on April 3.

Apr 2, 2024

Mating, Galloping and Vocalizing: Animal Behavior During Eclipses

We might not be on the path of totality for the April 8 eclipse, but our scientists will be. A group of NC State researchers are heading to Texas to study animals' reactions to the phenomenon.

Mar 29, 2024

‘Courtship’ Gene Exhibits Different Ways of Working in Two Different of Fruit Flies, Study Reveals

Science Times
Christa Baker, a former doctoral researcher from Princeton and a current assistant biology professor at North Carolina State University, explains that the gene was first discovered in the D. melanogaster. However, it is conserved in different insect species, ranging from mosquitoes to cockroaches to grasshoppers. Earlier experiments also suggest that its function remained conserved across different species.

Mar 27, 2024

The Physics of a Curveball

A well-placed curveball can be an amazing pitch. But how does it work?

Mar 26, 2024

These Photos Are Works of Art — And the Artists Are Bugs

National Geographic
Movements of flying insects make them tough to track, but technological advances and some creative thinking have allowed Spanish photographer Xavi Bou to do just that. After spending 10 years concentrating on birds in flight for his Ornithographies project, he shifted his focus to bugs. For Entomographies, he uses high-speed video footage taken by Adrian Smith, an entomologist at North Carolina State University, to decode and document insect trajectories.

Mar 26, 2024

Birds, Bees and Even Plants Might Act Weird During the Solar Eclipse

Washington Post
Adam Hartstone-Rose, a professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University, led a study of how animals reacted to the 2017 eclipse at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, S.C.

Mar 26, 2024

The Art of Insect Flight

Entomologist Adrian Smith and artist Xavi Bou collaborated on an insect-based art project.

Mar 26, 2024

‘It’s Really High Stakes’: Researchers to Observe Animals’ Behavior During Next Month’s Total Solar Eclipse

Fast Company
Researchers will be standing by to observe how animals’ routines at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas are disrupted when skies dim on April 8. They previously detected other strange animal behaviors in 2017 at a South Carolina zoo that was in the path of total darkness. “To our astonishment, most of the animals did surprising things,” said Adam Hartstone-Rose, a North Carolina State University researcher who led the observations published in the journal Animals.