May 2015

gobies and fairy-wrens

Last week we read: Schwabl H, et al. (2015) Variation in song system anatomy and androgen levels does not correspond to song characteristics in a tropical songbird. Anim Behav 104: 39-50. This week we are into fish: White GE, Brown C (2015) Microhabitat use affects brain size and structure in intertidal gobies. Brain Behav Evol

May 2015

Melissa Beck was appointed …. Lethbridge and District Health Authority.

Sam Woodman is this year’s U of L Gold Medal Winner (Sciences). This is our University’s top annual award for achievement at the undergraduate level. Awesome job Sam! 

April 2015

Stephanie Reimer successfully defended her M. Sc. Thesis. Thanks to Dr. David Lesbarreres (Laurentian U) for visiting the lab as External Examiner.

March 2015

Congratulations to Brad van Paridon – winner of the …

Zach Dempsey was awarded a grant from the Alberta Conservation Association Grant in Biodiversity for his work on endangered land snails (and their parasites!).

Drumming season 2015

Another spring and another season of following ruffed grouse. This year, Nick is largely responsible for recording ruffed grouse drumming and completing playback experiments with them. So far, we have a lot of birds in a very small area, which is making fieldwork considerably easier than previous years.