The Muchhala Lab: Press
2024
- UMSL Daily: "Five questions with Nathan Muchhala"
- New Scientist: "Some flowers may have evolved long stems to be better ‘seen’ by bats"
- Phys.org: "Long stems on flowers are an adaptation that encourages bat pollination"
- University Nacional de Colombia radio interview: "Interacciones ecológicas murciélagos y especies"
2023
- UMSL Daily article on the Harris Center Conservation Lecture by Dr. Richard Primack
2022
- STLMade article about our USDA-funded project to study pollination in urban orchards
2020
- Harris Center video of interview on how the pandemic affected Muchhala Lab research
- Video of interview on Muchhala Lab research with Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução de Plantas, Universidad Federal de Vicosa, Brazil
- Podcast interview with Science Friday
- Vox.com article: "This study on “accidents involving flowers” is the most beautiful thing I’ve read during the pandemic"
- Smithsonian Magazine article: "How Flowers Marvelously Evolved Resilience"
- UMSL Daily article: "Nathan Muchhala’s research on plant resilience draws attention"
- Science Daily article: "Some flowers have learned to bounce back after injury"
2012
- Video of seminar (in spanish) at the Univ. de Antioquia, Colombia
- USA Today: "Bat with supertongue seen for first time in Nat Geo series"
- National Geographic News: "Super-tongue bat caught on camera (with video)"
- Lincoln Journal Star: "Super-tongued bat discovered by UNL researcher"
2011
- Interview with Pollinators.info (audio)
- Interview for scientist profile in "Plant and Animal Systems", a Sally Ride Science book for 9-12 yr-olds
2010
- Interview with Science Podcast (audio)
- ScienceNOW: "Why are bat flowers oversexed?"
2009
- Nature's Research Highlights: "Deeper still and deeper" (Nature 458:388)
2008
- Interview for Good Dirt Radio (audio)
2007
- LiveScience: "Flowers evolve to suit birds and bats"
- Science Daily News: "Flowers shape themselves to guide their pollinator"
- Science Daily News: "How to share a bat"
2006
- The New York Times: "For an Andean nectar feeder, a tongue that wags the bat"
- Interview with Quirks & Quarks (audio)
- Interview with Nature Podcast (audio)
- LiveScience: "Batty discovery: The longest tongue"
- New Scientist: "The bat with the incredibly long tongue"
