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When we think of scavengers, we think of vultures lazily circling the skies waiting to eat the roadkill on side of the road. Being a scavenger is seen as being too lazy to work for your own food, instead, … Continue reading
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Have you ever noticed a group of moths flying toward a street light at night? Or a large population of mosquitoes hurtling toward a lit pool in the summertime nights? On any given camping trip through the woods, one may expect to be … Continue reading
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If you are lost in the woods and your phone is dead, you probably need a map and a compass. The map gives you a general sense of where you are, and the compass pinpoints you in the right direction. … Continue reading
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Diel Cycles in Chemosensory Behaviors of Free-Ranging Rattlesnakes Lying in Wait for Prey by Barbour and Clark 2012 Background: Sensory systems are energetically costly to develop and maintain over a lifetime. Therefore, certain systems are selected for while others … Continue reading
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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!
