The undergraduate research folks at Villanova’s Center for Research and Fellowships (CRF) recently selected my lab as one of those offering a university-supported position for a first-year student interested in getting… Read more »
Our most advanced pair (both Carolina Chickadees) laid their first egg on 15 April … one day earlier than last year, in the same artificial nest snag. Many other pairs getting… Read more »
Plans are shaping up for the next offering of Bio 4451/2 and Bio 8940/1 … including a 2-week field trip in January 2018 to Costa Rica. The course will introduce students… Read more »
Holly Garrod has received a grant from BirdCaribbean in support of her project on todies in the Dominican Republic! Read more about this element of her work here.
Author: Taylor Heuermann (undergraduate member of the lab), Dec. 2016 Something within the study of animal behavior that I find fascinating is the interplay between genetics and environment to create… Read more »
Update: our project proposal via Experiment.com was successful! Thanks so much to everyone who pledged as a backer. Today we launched a project, as part of a “Challenge Grant,” via… Read more »
We knew it was coming … and it has happened: we recently obtained genetic evidence that at least a few birds in our Tuscarora State Park study site (Schuylkill County) are… Read more »
We just got word that the Curry lab has been approved for hosting one Freshman Match student in Spring 2017. We’ll be looking for a student to participate in our… Read more »
Update: unfortunately (for us), the fellowship went to a very strong applicant who work in the lab of one of my other departmental colleagues. Villanova’s Dept of Biology seeks to fill… Read more »
Several members of the lab participated in the 6th North American Ornithological Conference in Washington, DC, in August. Dr. Curry participated in meetings of the Council of the Wilson Ornithological… Read more »