Life as a Frog
Hey there! I will be using this wordpress to promote my Scifund campaign as well as a window for non-scientists to field work in ecology. Expect lots of pictures, videos, sound files, and updates as...
View ArticleWhy study genes and politics?
Apologies for having this up a few days later than promised; I have been sick this week, but everything is back to normal now. For my first discussion post, I’d like to talk a bit about an important...
View ArticleHot Hot Heat – Jasper, TX
All this heat can’t stop the love We are in Jasper, TX and there are plenty of frogs to go around. Kassi and I will spend the next 2 weeks running the experiments (you can read more about these on...
View ArticleCold turkey
We are back from the Research Society on Alcoholism meeting brimming with new ideas. Conferences are always a fun time to show off your discoveries, get ideas for new projects and start up new...
View ArticlePress from the Ecological Society of America conference
I gave a talk at the ESA conference in Portland, OR last week. Journalist Carol Frischmann was in attendance, and wrote a blog post about our research....
View ArticleSpecial thanks to our first fuelers on the Sci Fund Challenge!
We are so very grateful to the support of Wendy Erb, Julia Trops, Jennifer Seale and Marghi McKeon! Thank you for making the first day of the Sci Fund Challenge a great success for us! Asante sana from...
View ArticleCoastal Erosion After Hurricane Sandy: The Implications for Leatherbacks
Hurricane Sandy was one of the largest storms to hit the East Coast in decades. Much of the news surrounding this storm has focused on the economic and social fallout. Many people are now displaced,...
View ArticleInterview
An interview about my research is online today thanks to Anthony Salvagno! Click here or just read it below. #Scifund Round 3 is underway and each day I will highlight a new proposal from the Challenge...
View ArticleWe did it!
We did it! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thanks to Greg Russo,Stephanie Higgins, and Selena Jattan for bringing it home, and to all the others that have made this happen. I’m quite thankful to have...
View ArticleHyaena funding success
I am back in South Africa enjoying the sunshine and summer!! It’s good to be back. My SciFund Challenge funding campaign finished a few days ago and was an amazing success. I raised an incredible...
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