2023
- On November 14th I gave a presentation about our salamander research on Pelee Island at Trent University's Conservation Café. The talk was entitled: "Understanding and conserving endangered salamanders on Pelee Island, Ontario".
- Interviewed by Dan Karpenchuk (WBFO NPR) about the monarch tagging work we have been doing in Newcastle, ON. [Interview starts at 3:03]
- I presented at the Canadian Herpetological Society meeting in Ottawa (Sept 15-17) on our Pelee Island salamander work. Our talk title was: "Lessons on constructing effective breeding ponds for imperilled Ambystoma salamanders based on data collected from Pelee Island, Ontario". [CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO]
- My research on Caterpillar Eyespots highlighted in the Fall edition of Ontario Insects, the newsletter for the Toronto Entomology Association (TEA). This was a follow-up from the invited talk in April 2023.
- Trent University modifies the curb along Gzowski Way to help mitigate salamander road mortality. Story here!
- Riley Bowman, Oliva Gaetz, and myself published an article in The Canadian Herpetologist newsletter (Volume 12 Number 1 Winter 2022/2023) about the need for road mortality mitigation along Gzowski Way road on Trent University campus. Title: "Trent University currently considering action required to mitigate mortality risk to salamanders on campus during their spring migration".
- "THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF EYESPOTS IN CATERPILLARS" Talk to the Toronto Entomologists' Association. Saturday, April 22, 2023 by Zoom. Recording here!
- "Understanding unisexual Ambystoma complexes in Ontario, and how to conserve them" Talk to Trent Herpetological Society. February 6 2023.
- "Understanding and Conserving the Endangered Small- mouthed Salamander Complex on Pelee Island" Talk to Peterborough Field Naturalists (Jan 2023)
- Pinegrove Productions: The Pelee Island Salamander Complex [Educational Video]
- Pelee Island Research Webinar hosted by Ontario Nature [T.Hossie starts @ 53:54]
- Provincial Report: Trent University’s Pelee Island salamander inventory and monitoring projects
- Advised and fact checked an episode of True Facts: Deception in the Rainforest by Ze Frank, featuring some of my footage of snake-mimic caterpillars.
- Frontiers Conversations: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Inaugural Webinar: "New Perspectives and Emerging Directions in Predator-Prey Functional Response Research" by Thomas Hossie & Dennis Murray. [Click to see recording on YouTube]
- Snake Fake: For a plump caterpillar with no defensive body parts, masquerading as a deadly viper is an effective adaptation for survival in the Peruvian Amazon. bioGraphic
- We received new SARSF funding to continue our salamander research on Pelee Island. See the Press Release here!
- I was quoted in Nature News in an article entitled: Toad tadpoles turn homegrown poisons on each other
- Our review paper in OIKOS was selected as Editor's Choice in February 2017!
- Feature article in The Arthur on my salamander research: Trent funded to study endangered Salamander species
- Trent University Press Release for our 3-years of funding to study Small-mouthed salamanders
- Our paper on multi-component deceptive signals was covered by Carl Zimmer at the New York Times! - Click here!
- Our research is covered by BBC Earth: Six ways that animals use fake eyes: A fresh look at the science of eyespots reveals some modern surprises
- Our paper on caterpillar eyespots was the topic of a BBC Nature article - Click here to read the BBC article!
- I was interviewed on the Journal of Zoology Podcast (Episode 5) to discuss our paper examining anti-predator responses in the face of variable predation risk - Click here to listen!