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December 13, 2017
It was a typical weekday afternoon at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana until I received an e-mail that altered my career path forever. The message was from one of my mentors, Dr. Tom Jensen, offering...
December 13, 2017
Scrambled, poached, or fried? That’s what came to mind when we thought about eggs—before we joined the team of Dr. Tom Jensen in Reproductive Sciences. Immediately after our initiation, we realized that...
December 04, 2017
As a necropsy technician in the Disease Investigations Lab at the San Diego Zoo, I am frequently asked how the animal carcass on the table eventually becomes a glass slide to be read under a microscope. Identifying...
December 01, 2017
The Cocha Cashu Biological Station (CCBS) is a hub for knowledge, learning, and science at the heart of Manu National Park (MNP). The CCBS has attracted researchers for decades and over the past five years it has...
November 28, 2017
“Do leopards cause you any problems?” Your answer to this question likely depends on where you live in the world and your primary source of income. When this question was asked to community members...
November 22, 2017
Part Two: In the Lab
My trip to Fiji has come to an end, and back in San Diego, I open the freezer and scan a row of boxes, each containing 100 small tubes of Fiji iguana blood or tissue. I refer to my spreadsheet...
November 22, 2017
Part One: In the Field
When I say the trail leads straight up the hill, I mean straight up. For the second night in a row, I am walking a 250-meter transect freshly hacked through the thick, humid understory on...
November 16, 2017
Plant-pollinator interactions are vital to the survival of both natural and agricultural ecosystems.
The majority of plant species, including one-third of the plants we eat, rely solely on pollinators for...
November 13, 2017
I feel the goosebumps crawling up my arms and down my legs as I sit in a small conference room filled with no more than 100 California condor field team members. These were the “celebrities” of the...
November 13, 2017
In Part 1 of this blog, our pathologist diagnosed avian mycobacteriosis in a green imperial pigeon. (Read here.) But what is this disease and why is it important?
Avian mycobacteriosis is a bacterial disease of...
