Category Archives: Wildlife

Saving Amphibians, One Tadpole at a Time

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Catherine Crawley

A collaboration with former NIMBioS postdocs Angela Peace and Suzanne O’Regan, along with UT’s Matt Gray, has culminated in a new study in Ecological Modeling that investigates the dynamics of a highly virulent ranavirus and helps to illustrate its threat to biodiversity in North America. Globally … Continue reading →

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Conservation Champ to Visit NIMBioS

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Catherine Crawley

For more than two decades, conservation biologist Krithi K. Karanth has studied the human dimensions of conservation in Asia—human-wildlife conflicts, land use change and the relationships between people and parks. In April, NIMBioS and the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center … Continue reading →

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DySoC Welcomes Renowned Primatologist Frans de Waal

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Catherine Crawley

The Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity (DySoC) at NIMBioS is pleased to host world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal for a talk next month on animal emotion and empathy ahead of his much-anticipated new book, to be published in … Continue reading →

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Save the Salamander: Epidemiological Modeling Deployed to Halt Killer Fungus

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

We like to hear what former NIMBioS postdocs are up to, so we were happy to learn from UT professor Matt Gray that his mentee Angie Peace was recently awarded part of a large $2.5 million grant from the National … Continue reading →

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Grizzlies Feel the Heat

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

A short term visit to NIMBioS two years ago has resulted in a study showing the effect of climate change on the diets of grizzly bears in Yellowstone. Lead author Jack Hopkins, an assistant professor of wildlife biology at Unity … Continue reading →

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Discover Birds En Español

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

The popular Discover Birds Activity Book for kids in which NIMBioS contributed some math content has now been translated into Spanish and has even reached Cuban shores. In the book, Campeones de Aves, “Bird Champions,” is a simple math puzzle … Continue reading →

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Working Group Publishes New Habitat Management Guide

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Catherine Crawley

A new management guide for selecting habitat- and patch-specific metrics in spatially-structured populations was published yesterday in Ecological Indicators. The paper is a result of efforts by the NIMBioS Working Group on Habitat for Migratory Species. The paper reviews the many … Continue reading →

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Math and Biology Interface Meets Steampunk

Posted on July 30, 2015 by admin

Science and math educators are always looking for innovative ways to make their messages memorable  — which is why NIMBioS participated in a unique outreach event for middle school kids this week blending STEM and the science fiction genre “steampunk.” … Continue reading →

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Productive Working Group Leads to Special Issue

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Catherine Crawley

The Within-host Modeling of MAP Infection Working Group has had an extremely productive few years and its work has paid off in a dedicated special issue this month of the journal Veterinary Research. Ten of the twelve papers in the issue were … Continue reading →

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Bat Monitoring Working Group Receives ‘Wings Across the Americas’ Award

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Catherine Crawley

Bat conservation researchers and their partners associated with a NIMBioS Working Group were recognized yesterday with the U.S. Forest Service Wings Across the Americas Research Award for their contributions to the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat). The award was accepted on behalf … Continue reading →

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