Marshall University Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab News
The Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab goes to JMIH 2024! |
Mathew Gacheny, presenting on the thermal ecology of female EDBs
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Left to right: Sarah Ebert, Emily Langer, Emily Gray, Jayme Waldron, & Matt Gacheny
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Sarah Ebert, presenting on the use of camera traps to detect EDBs
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Casey Hitchens and Sarah Ebert Celebrate Earth Day 2024!
Congratulations to Anna McCallum Humphrey, who has begun a PhD position with the Wildlife Ecology Lab at TSU studying Ambystoma salamanders!
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The Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab goes to SCPARC 2024!
Dr. Jayme Waldron
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Oral presentation by Emily Gray
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Mathew Gacheny
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The Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab goes to TWS 2023!
Left to right: Matt Gacheny, Sarah Ebert, McKenzie Merritt, Casey Hitchens
Sarah Ebert
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McKenzie Merritt
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Casey Hitchens
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Morgan Page presents her thesis research at the WVHS 2023 Symposium!
The Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab goes to JMIH 2023!
Emily Langer
Carissa Adams
Anna McCallum Humphrey
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Morgan Page
With a surprise from our own Shelby Timm!
Emily Gray
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The Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab celebrates Earth Day 2023!
Left to right: Casey Hitchens, McKenzie Merritt, Sarah Ebert, and Emily Gray
The Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab goes to SEPARC 2023!
Carissa Adams
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Anna McCallum Humphrey
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Emily Gray (left), Sarah Ebert (right)
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Congrats to Jessica Cantrell! She recently started working with Steve Reichling at the Memphis Zoo on a Louisiana Pine Snake breeding and re-introduction program. Check this out:
https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2019/09/06/memphis-zoo-helps-save-north-americas-rarest-snake/
Congrats to all of the following students for defending their theses:
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Congrats to Berlynna Heres for winning the SSAR Victor Hutchison student poster award at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in New Orleans! Great job, Berlynna!
Berlynna Heres, M.S. student in the Herpetology & Applied Conservation Lab, successfully defended her thesis on April 22, 2016. Congratulations, Berlynna!
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Elise Edwards, a 2014 graduate of the Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab, recently published one of her thesis chapters!! Congratulations, Elise!
Elise Edwards, holding a smooth greensnake
Edwards, E., T. K. Pauley, and J. L. Waldron. 2016. Estimating Spring Salamander Detection Probability Using Multiple Methods. Journal of Herpetology 50: 126-129.
Jonathon Cooley, graduate assistant in the Marshall University Herpetology & Applied Conservation Lab, and some eastern diamondback rattlesnakes recently conducted an outreach program for the Friends of Nemours Wildlife Foundation.
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Brad O'Hanlon, recent graduate of the Herpetology & Applied Conservation Lab, won first place for his student presentation (The Spatial and Behavioral Effects of Anthropogenic Landscapes on Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes) at the Gopher Tortoise Council annual meeting in Covington, Louisiana (Oct 16-18, 2015). Awesome job, Brad!
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On September 28, 2015, Brad O'Hanlon, a graduate student in the Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab, successfully defended his thesis, Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) Movement and Behavior in Response to Anthropogenic Landscapes. Congratulations, Brad!
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Patrick McMillan and Jayme Waldron chatting about eastern diamondback rattlesnakes.
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Jonathon Cooley and Berlynna Heres, current graduate students in the Herpetology and Applied Conservation lab, recently gathered with herp lab alumni in South Carolina to collect data on snake ecology projects. It was great seeing Kevin Messenger, Marcie Cruz, and Abby Sinclair! Check out some of our photos below. Thanks to Kevin Messenger for sharing his photos!
Talking about snakes in the piney woods: From left to right: Jonathon Cooley, Jayme Waldron, Wade Kalinowsky, Abby Sinclair, and Marcie Cruz.
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Marshall University Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab M.S. student, Shelby Timm, recently accepted a position with the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Conservation Corps Program as an invasive species crew leader. Congrats, Shelby!
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Shelby Timm, holding a black racer.
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Marshall University Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab M.S. student, Cory Goff, recently accepted a doctoral position at Texas State University under the mentorship of Dr. Caitlin Gabor and Dr. Susan Walls. Congratulations, Cory!!
Marshall University Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab graduate students present their research projects at The Wildlife Society's annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA
Three herp lab graduate students, Brad O'Hanlon, Shelby Timm, and Cory Goff, presented posters at The Wildlife Society annual conference in Pittsburgh, PA (27 October 2014). Cory's poster won Honorable Mention in the student poster competition! Congrats, Cory!
Marshall University Herpetology and Applied Conservation Lab participates in the Davis Creek Watershed Inc. Community Educational Outreach Day in South Charleston, WV
The herp lab participated in the Davis Creek Watershed Community Educational Outreach Day in South Charleston, West Virginia, on 14 September 2014. Herp lab students (Brad O'Hanlon and Corry Goff) taught local children about amphibian and reptile conservation. Live specimens were on display, including snakes, salamanders, and turtles.
 Cory Goff, holding a pine snake.
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Brad O'Hanlon demonstrating how to identify local salamanders.
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