Tag: Songbirds
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Casey Coomes, SUNY Oneonta – Songbirds and Climate Change
On SUNY Oneonta Week: The struggles of adapting to climate change are affecting everyone. Casey Coomes, visiting instructor and prodig fellow, discusses one small animal that is in great peril. Casey Coomes is a recent graduate of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Her research examines the effects…
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Michael McGrann, William Jessup University – Songbirds and Effects of Climate Change
Climate change is having an impact on the routines of songbirds. Michael McGrann, assistant professor of environmental science at William Jessup University, looks into how an early arrival of spring in the western U.S. can throw a wrench into the songbird’s mating rituals. During his career, Dr. McGrann has participated in a wide range of…
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Samuel Sober, Emory University – Learning From Mistakes
It pays to learn from your mistakes. Samuel Sober, assistant professor in the biology department at Emory University, explores which part of our brain helps us avoid making the same error twice. I attended Wesleyan University, where I received a BA in Neuroscience & Behavior. I did my doctoral research as an NSF Graduate Research…
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Frank Thompson, University of Missouri – Songbird Populations
A recent NPR piece discussed the threat of climate change on bird populations and what that signals in our changing environment. Frank Thompson, a professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences at the University of Missouri’s School of Natural Resources, discusses the declining populations of songbirds. Frank Thompson is a scientist with the…