Yearly Archives: 2026

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Song complexity in suboscines – new paper co-authored by PhD candidate Rick Stanley

By | May 20th, 2026|Uncategorized|

Congratulations to Rick Stanley and collaborators on a new pub in Proceedings of the Royal Society - this article tests multiple hypotheses designed to explain song complexity in suboscine birds. The work is extensive including >1280 species of birds and demonstrates the importance of social selection (e.g., territoriality), morphology (e.g., relative beak size), and habitat [...]

Spring semester 2026 is in the books!

By | April 27th, 2026|graduate students, research|

TCD VIsioning 2026 It's been a busy spring semester which included some milestones - the photo is from the recent Conference/Summit at UF from 22-27 February hosted by the Tropical Conservation and Development Program and the Center for Latin American Studies (learn more here). Other notable happenings included Marlyn Zuluaga successfully completing her PhD qualifying [...]