The problem with unpaid pseudo-internships
UPDATE: Be sure to read PARC’s response to my concerns in my most recent post. A few weeks ago, Northeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (NEPARC) sent out a […]
Surprise: Best Speed Talk at SCCS-NY
A few months ago, I gave a talk at the American Museum of Natural History as part of the Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS-NY) on my road ecology research. […]
Expedition: The Grand Canyon
Just couple months ago, I had the opportunity to float the entire 280 miles of canalized white-water between the redrock walls of the Grand Canyon. I celebrated my birthday, solstice, […]
Analyzing Hemispherical Photos
Now that you’ve got the theory, equipment, and your own hemispherical photos, the final steps are processing the photos and generating estimates of canopy and light values. We’ll be correcting […]
Animal Vision Project
I recently received a Digital Education Innovation Grant to design an interactive project exploring animal vision. You can check out the project and read more about the inspiration below. Speciation […]
Expedition: South Prince of Wales Wilderness
From my field notes, 17 August 2018: “Last night I slept on the flat bench of duff-covered ground at the base of the ‘camp tree,’ a white and skeletal cedar […]
Frogz that Glowz
I’m excited to announce that my paper “A new, noninvasive method for batch marking amphibians across developmental stages” is now published at Herpetological Conservation and Biology. This project originally grew […]
A Wake in Space-time
I’m currently on my way up to Alaska for another supremely short season of guiding (just two trips this years). I was going through some old photos and came across […]
Taking hemispherical canopy photos
Be sure to check out the previous two posts: 1. Hemispherical Light Estimates 2. Hardware for Hemispherical Photos Once the theory and equipment are taken care of, you are ready […]
Songbird Vision
I’m getting really excited about a project I’m working on that will visually compare the way various animals see their habitat. This is part of a Digital Education Innovation grant […]