Wild Idea Podcast
I recently joined my dear friend Bill Hodge on the The Wild Idea Podcast for a conversation about ecological resilience, climate adaptation, and how we think about wilderness in a […]
local adaptation
Hot competition and tadpole Olympics
Our newest paper (pdf available on my publications page), led by Kaija Gahm is just out in the Journal of Experimental Zoology as part of special issue on herp physiology […]
Evolution of Intrinsic Rates at the Evolution Conference 2019
At this year’s Evolution Conference in Providence Road island, the organizers managed to recruit volunteers to film most of the talks. This is such a great opportunity for folks who […]
Urban Evolution
In schools, we are taught that evolution is an imperceptibly slow process, the long and drawn-out ascent from fish to reptiles, reptiles to birds and mammals, mammals to humans (that […]
Replacing wolves on Isle Royale is bad policy and worse science
Overview: Isle Royale is an island in Lake Superior that is designated as a Wilderness Area and managed by the National Park Service. In the 20th century, wolves and moose […]
Seasonal canopies
I just discovered this very cool photo comparison tool. I was so excited to use it I pulled out some comparison shots of the vernal pools I study. It might […]
Visualizing evolutionary divergence
One of the funny conventions in ecology is the practice of naming a new statistical unit after a preeminent ecologist. For instance, in 1949 J.B.S. Haldane proposed a new unit […]