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9Have you ever played the game Marco Polo? In this game, the chosen player who is “It” shouts “Marco” and the other players have to respond by shouting “Polo”, which “It” uses to acoustically locate them. Just as the players … Continue reading
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At one point or another, we have all seen animals with flaps of skin hanging below their chins— some of us even have them. In lizards it’s called a dewlap, a signaling device thought to be used in mating and … Continue reading
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Animals may not have the benefit of GPS the way we do, but this does not mean that their navigational strategies are any less sophisticated. To scavenge for food, mate, or even find refuge, animals have to gain information about … Continue reading
Our paper on the frequency sensitivity of Northern Saw-whet Owls is officially “In Press” at the Journal of Comparative Physiology. Congratulations to Julia Beatini (Vassar ’18), the first author on the paper! Beatini J.R., Proudfoot, G.A., and Gall, M.D. In Press. Frequency … Continue reading
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I’m in Minnesota for a few weeks this summer working on a project with Alex Baugh from Swarthmore and Mark Bee from the University of Minnesota. We’re collaborating on a project to understand how phonotactic behavior, hormone levels, and peripheral … Continue reading
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Congratulations to our graduates Jingyi Gao, Nick Fancher and Aaron Harvey. They have all done awesome work in the lab and we wish them well in all their future endeavors!
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Classes have just ended, which means we have lots of opportunities to talk about our research. Nick and Aaron gave a talk today at the Neuroscience and Behavior Symposium about their work on social dominance and black-capped chickadee vocalizations. They’ll … Continue reading
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The Gall lab attended the Hudson Valley Life Sciences Group Meeting at SUNY New Paltz on April 28th. Vassar College was well represented as several other lab groups were also in attendance. Our two seniors, Nick Fancher and Aaron Harvey, … Continue reading
Congratulations to the Gall Lab’s Julia Beatini on her honorable mention in the Goldwater Scholarship competition! Julia has been working on our saw-whet owl project since her sophomore year and is planning to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
No one wants to be eaten by anything if they can help it, and so animals have developed emergency contingencies to avoid predation. A common response to fear of predation is often changing performance or fitness throughout all stages of … Continue reading
