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BEACON Researchers at Work: Making and breaking species

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Alycia Lackey. The world’s biodiversity represents a balance between the formation and extinction of species. To understand what drives diversity, scientists study what generates, maintains, and degrades … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: If Sticklebacks Could Talk…

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Liliana Lettieri. “My what a red throat you have, and such a blue belly!  You’ve got some impressive dance moves, and you’ve built a nice nest.” If stickleback … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: How the cricket lost its song

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU postdoc Robin Tinghitella. Last April I had the pleasure of writing the very first BEACON Researchers at Work blog post. I shared a story about how a tropical field cricket, … 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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BEACON Researchers at Work: The “Mating” Game

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Emily Weigel. What would a fish say if it could talk? How about, “Hey, baby. What’s your sign?” Male threespine sticklebacks court females in a constant game … Continue reading →

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