It turns out that social distancing in response to disease happens in many social species, not just humans. In this 2020 review in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, we explore the challenges of recognizing and responding appropriately to emerging infectious diseases, the costs of (and constraints on) social…
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Hi! My name is Maisie and I am graduating from the Townsend lab after studying neophobia in crows in rural versus urban environments. I am extremely interested in animal behavior and specifically how it interacts with anthropogenic change. Therefore, I am excited to be going to UMaine this summer to…
I’m graduating in a couple days and then heading to Montana this summer with Overland to lead cycling trips through glacier park and potentially the Canadian Rockies. After the summer, I’m applying for several field research positions across the US and trying to get some experience with hands-on conservation work….
This summer, I’m leading a bike touring trip from Georgia to California with a company called Overland Summers. In the fall, I’m planning on volunteering at eco-lodges and hostels in Portugal, Spain, and Norway, where I hope to spend some time applying for jobs and figuring out what I want…
Hey John Myles here (Hamilton ’24) headed into my sophomore year. This summer I’m headed up to Utqiagvik, Alaska (the northernmost settlement in the US!) to participate in a long-term research project with the USFWS. I will be doing point counts and monitoring nests of Arctic Shorebirds, including breeding Dunlins,…
Blaire here writing from Ghana. I’ve been a Peace Corps Volunteer in a small farming community in the Northeast region since January of 2018. I will be returning to the states in March when my 2-year term is completed. I’ve learned a lot these 2 years, often hard to put…
Hello all! Blaire here writing from Ghana. I’ve been a Peace Corps Volunteer in a small farming community in the Northeast region since January of 2018. I will be returning to the states in March when my 2-year term is completed. I’ve learned a lot these 2 years, often hard…
Urban crows can have higher cholesterol levels than their rural cousins, probably because they are eating human food. Article: Townsend, A. K., H. A. Staab and C. M. Barker (2019). “Urbanization and elevated cholesterol in American Crows.” Condor 121(3). Check out some of the press coverage: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190826092338.htm https://www.newscientist.com/article/2214371-city-crows-may-have-high-cholesterol-because-they-eat-fast-food/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/crow-cholesterol-climbs-after-chomping-cheeseburgers/
Since leaving Utah in August, I’ve been working as a field assistant for graduate and post-doc researchers at Brookfield Conservation Park in South Australia. The research here is investigating cooperative breeding, mixed-species foraging flocks, and disease ecology in fairywrens, thronbills, honeyeaters, robins, babblers, and a variety of other local bird…
I’ve always been interested in conservation and ecology, and through the biology and environmental studies departments at Hamilton I was able to dive deeper into these topics. While at Hamilton I spent summers in Maine, Germany, and Massachusetts working on various forest ecology and conservation-oriented projects. My views of ecosystem…
