October's Science Under the Stars event features 2021 Stengl-Wyer Scholar Ummat Somjee in a talk titled:
Animal Weapons: The evolution of horns, tusks, antlers and other signals
Thursday, October 12th, 7 pm
Brackenridge Field Lab, 2907 Lake Austin Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
Ummat studies the evolution of exaggerated sexually selected trai...
Sam and singing mouse (Scotinomys teguina) caught in Costa Rica
Sam Smith is one of our 2022 Stengl-Wyer Fellows. Sam studies rodent vocal mechanisms in the lab of Dr. Steven Phelps. In this blog, she talks about her wide interests in biology, the fascinating way rodent vocalizations work, and how her fellowship is assisting with her research.
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Doing work in Senegal with baboons
Harry Siviter is one of our 2021 Stengl-Wyer Scholars and is researching how environmental factors contribute to bee decline. As part of the Stengl Wyer Endowment, the Stengl Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars Program provides up to three years of independent support for talented postdoctoral researche...