IN THE MEDIA
IN THE MEDIA
GENERAL LAB COVERAGE
Interview on This Week in Evolution (TWiEvo)
“Nathan Clark’s Revolutionary Hair Care Advice”
Pitt Magazine
Detecting Evolution’s Mysteries by Susan Wiedel
Pitt researcher Nathan Clark explores how and why genes and genomes evolve over time. His findings could significantly impact many species today, including human beings.
PittMed
Co-evolution’s Witness
Understanding how genes co-evolve in animals could reveal links between human diseases By Jason Bittel
MARSUPIAL MOLE GENOME AND VISION LOSS
Source paper: Frankenberg, Lucas et al 2025. Unearthing the secrets of Australia’s most enigmatic and cryptic mammal, the marsupial mole.
NPR
Read: DNA reveals secrets of Australia’s elusive marsupial mole by Nell Greenfieldboyce
Listen:
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
How a blind Australian mole helps researchers ‘see’ by Roberta Burkhart
IFLScience
DNA Reveals Australian Marsupial Mole Is Even Weirder Than It Looks
Phys.org
Scientists are discovering the deepest evolutionary secrets of Australia’s marsupial mole
The Guardian
Bizarre Australian mole even more unusual than first thought, new research reveals
LOSS OF HAIR
Source paper: Kowalczyk et al. 2022 Complementary evolution of coding and noncoding sequence underlies mammalian hairlessness.
News Feature on KSL-TV
Utah professor’s team may have figured out why we lost our fur coats
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Joke in Meanwhile…
BBC report
Why don’t humans have fur?
Washington Post
Humans still have the genes for a full coat of body hair by Mark Johnson
Daily Geek Show – Français
Une étude révèle comment les humains ont perdu la majorité de leur pilosité corporelle
La Brujala Verde – Español
Cómo los humanos perdieron el vello corporal
Technology Networks
The Genetic Story Behind Humans Losing Their Body Hair by Katie Brighton
PARAOXONASE 1 LOSS IN AQUATIC MAMMALS
Source: Meyer et al. 2018. Ancient convergent losses of Paraoxonase 1 yield deleterious consequences for modern marine mammals.
National Geographic
Most Marine Mammals Are Missing One Mysterious Gene by Nadia Drake
Alarmingly, the adaptation may leave them more vulnerable to pesticides running into the sea.
New York Times
Marine Mammals Have Lost a Gene That Now They May Desperately Need by Carl Zimmer
The Atlantic
An Ancient Genetic Quirk Could Doom Whales Today by Ed Yong
LeMonde
Les mammifères marins désarmés face à certains pesticides
Ces animaux sont dépourvus génétiquement d’un mécanisme de lutte contre des composés organophosphorés neurotoxiques.
TWiEVO: This Week in Evolution. August 2018 (podcast).
“You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s PON” hosted by Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello.
BUTTERFLY SEXUAL CONFLICT – SPERMATOPHORE AND BURSA COPULATRIX
Source publications: Meslin et al. 2017. Structural complexity and molecular heterogeneity of a butterfly ejaculate reflect a complex history of selection.
The Atlantic
This Common Butterfly Has an Extraordinary Sex Life – The Atlantic
For the cabbage white, sex involves sperm packages of ungodly size, genitals that double as a souped-up stomach, and an unexpected set of chewing jaws. By Ed Yong
University of Cincinnati Magazine
The birds and bees of butterflies by Melanie Shefft
IFLScience
Utterly Insane Butterfly Sex Could Help Treat Human Infertility
