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The purpose of this podcast is to engage with the scientists who are contributing to our understanding of living and extinct vertebrates. Each episode is 20 minutes long. (not in phylogenetic order) Episode 1: Caroline and Andrew speak with Prof.…
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News from the 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Meet Hanna!
Hi! I’m Hanna’23 and I am a senior Biology major from Orange County, California. This summer I have been working on the burrowing owl project, in which we are monitoring the status of burrowing owls at a site in Southern…
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News from the 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Meet Philip!
My name is Philip (PO ’24) and I’m majoring in Biology. This summer I’ve learned so much from getting to work in the field! Of particular interest to me is our woodrat project, in which we’re mapping the current distribution…
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News from the 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Program: Meet Zora!
Hello! My name is Zora’26. I am so excited to be leading the project focused on conservation of the Western Pond Turtles. So far we have captured two Western Pond Turtles. This was an exciting find, especially since one was…
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Island Update from Jacob’23
Things on Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge are going super well! We are typically in blinds conducting feeding studies on the common and arctic terns by 0830. For three hours, we monitor what food chicks are being fed by their parents.…
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Congratulations to Thesis Students!
This past Friday was the culmination of the amazing senior thesis work of several students in the lab.
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Andreah’22: Art, Biology and Citizen science!
Andreah is a talented biologist and artist! Read a recent article about her senior thesis. If you have 10 – 20 minutes, take the survey she is conducting. SURVEY LINK
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Life in the Lab!
A couple weeks ago the lab felt like it did pre-pandemic with multiple projects underway. Introducing some of the wonderful 2022 students:
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BOLUS BONANZA BEGINS!
Senior thesis student, Eric Blair, has started his thesis assessing the quantity and type of plastic that albatross breeding in Hawaii have ingested. This project is part of a collaboration with Pacific Rim Conservation.
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CONGRATULATIONS to graduating Avian Ecology and Advanced Animal Ecology seniors, 2021!
Congrats to this amazing flock who managed to maintain their passion for biology during more than a year of Zoom meetings.