About the Author Amanda Lyons is broadly interested in how animals interact with each other and their environments, with a particular focus on how reptiles, amphibians, and birds move, disperse, and experience different habitat types. Her work has investigated population genetics and spatial ecology of turtles, while projects she’s supervised include studies on avian behavior […]
Category: Turtles
Subspecies… They Matter! The Tale of the Rough Footed Mud Turtle
About the author: Brinkley Thornton wrote this blog for Dr. Krueger-Hadfield’s Fall 2022 Ecological Genetics course. Brinkley is currently a graduate student in the Department of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham seeking her MS degree in Biology. She works in the Krueger-Hadfield Evolutionary Ecology Lab. Her research focuses on uncovering the […]
Hybrid detection in a sea turtle hybridization hotspot in Brazil
About the author: Alexandra DeCandia is a postdoctoral fellow at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Her research applies diverse molecular techniques to wildlife conservation and disease management of North American mammals. Alexandra received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2020 and her B.A. from Columbia University in 2015. For her career, she strives […]