Tag Archives: ecology

BEACON Researchers at Work: A Tiny Teal Tale

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Jessica Caton. Birds are everywhere! With 10,000 species living on every continent, you are bound to have come across a bird in your lifetime with possibly a … Continue reading →

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Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s Evolution 101 blog post is by MSU graduate student Byron Smith. Evolution is often thought of as a constant, gradual change in the characteristics of a species based on how well those traits are adapted to a static … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: The effect of landscapes and ecology on gene flow and speciation in amphibians

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Idaho graduate student Tyler Hether. The amount of biological diversity at all levels of biological organization—from genes to ecosystems—fascinates me. This interest is the reason I study evolutionary … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: How do geckos stick to the wall?

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Idaho graduate student Travis Hagey. I am a fourth year grad student in Dr. Luke Harmon’s lab at the University of Idaho. My thesis looks at how geckos (and … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Portrait of a Damsel

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU postdoc Idelle Cooper. If damselflies were painters, they would surely be watercolorists, and probably impressionists, too. As soon as the morning sun strikes the vegetation along the riverbank, the damselflies … Continue reading →

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