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Collaboration with U.S. Air Force helps restore, protect endangered salamander

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When flatwoods salamander larvae transition into terrestrial form and emerge from ponds, they are often found climbing on dense stands of wiregrass. Photo by Kelly Jones, Virginia Tech.

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Kevin Hamed, collegiate assistant professor at Virginia Tech, teaches his Mammalogy labs outdoors to ensure safety during the pandemic. Photo by Ryan Young for Virginia Tech.

Wildlife courses, in-person and virtual, spark new energy during pandemic

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Webinar Video: Social Science Perspectives on Ethno-racial Diversity in Wildlife Viewing & Conservation

Faculty Position Announcement

Assistant Unit Leader-USGS Cooperative Research Unit Wildlife Management / Ecology
 
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photo: Clockwise from top left: Assistant Professor Brandon Jutras; Associate Professor Quinn Thomas; Associate Professor Leah Johnson; Assistant Professor Luis Escobar; Assistant Professor Lauren Childs; Assistant Professor Clement Vinauger; Assistant Professor Kate Langwig; Professor Dana Hawley; Assistant Professor Joseph Hoyt, Assistant Professor Chloe Lahondere (center). Design by Alex Crookshanks for Virginia Tech.

Researchers co-locate to Steger Hall at the Fralin Life Sciences Institute to tackle infectious diseases and rapid environmental change

image: Effective ocean management and the conservation of highly migratory fish species depend on resolving the overlap between commercial fishing efforts and animal movements and distributions. Stock image.

One fish, two fish: merging marine animal tracking with fishing fleet movements

image: Viruses, notably influenza A and Morbillivirus, cause mass die-offs with striking head counts. (Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Mass Die-Offs of Marine Mammals Are on the Rise

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 EVENTS

EEB Seminar

10/15/2020 @ TBA via zoom (Schedule)
John Mendelsohn

EEB Seminar

10/22/2020 @ 3:30PM via zoom (Schedule)
Jared Westbrook
The evolving effort to restore the American chestnut

EEB Seminar

10/29/2020 @ 3:30PM via zoom (Schedule)
Megan Greischar
Adaptation or artifact? Using models to examine diverse parasite life history in malaria infections

 Recognition Spotlights

picture of graduate student Michael Holden conducting research on bog turtles in the field

Congrats to Michael Holden for taking 2nd place in oral presentations (old problem/new solution category) at the virtual Spring Graduate Research Symposium!

PICTURE: Sydney Hope in the field

Sydney Hope honored with the 2020 Outstanding Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Dissertation Award for the Virginia Tech Graduate School!  Well deserved, Sydney, and congratulations! Photo credit: Matthew Hale

Graduate Student Katie Walker holding two recently tagged plovers

Katie Walker receives the 2020 CNRE Outstanding Master’s Student Award! Well done, Katie, and congratulations!

PICTURE: The authors of the Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Virginia were recently honored by the Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society with the Distinguished Service Award. Pictured from left to right are co-authors Don Orth, Paul Bugas, Val Kells, Mike Pinder, and Corbin Hilling.

Congratulations to the authors of the Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Virginia honored by the Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society with the Distinguished Service Award! Pictured from left to right are co-authors Don Orth, Paul Bugas, Val Kells, Mike Pinder, Corbin Hilling & Derek A. Wheaton [not pictured].

photo of Comber in the field

MS student Carolyn Comber wins the Scott Melvin award for “the most valuable contribution to Applied Piping Plover Conservation at the 2020 Atlantic Coast Piping Plover and Least Tern workshop”. Congrats, Carolyn! 

 

 

 

Photo of Jeremy Jenrette (2020 Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries society Best Graduate Poster)

Jeremy Jenrette takes home Best Poster Award from the Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society  Meeting! Well done, Jeremy! 

PICTURE: Alissa Ganser accepting award for Best Paper at Virginia AFS conference, 2020

Alissa Ganser takes home Best Student Paper & the Robert D. Ross Scholarship Award from the Virginia Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (VCAFS) Meeting! Way to go, Alissa! 

Group photo of Virginia TWS participants

Congrats to our Wildlifers who took home awards from the Virginia State Chapter of the Wildlife Society Meeting! Njambi Phillys Gichuru (Best Graduate Poster Award),  Taina McLeod (Best Undergraduate Talk Award), Ava Johnson (2nd place Undergraduate Poster Award), Hila Taylor (2nd place Graduate Poster Award) and Heather Abernathy (2nd place Graduate Talk Award).

 

 

 

photo of Dr. Frimpong in the field

Emmanuel Frimpong recognized for his dedication to education with 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Virginia Tech!