Author: Andrew Maurer

  • How I started grad school

    Check out a my new post in the Burford Reiskind Lab‘s “Conservation Currents” blog. It briefly details how I found a research opportunity and implemented a plan to make it into a grad school project. Read it…

  • A statement on diversity, inclusion, and solidarity

    This year has brought a cultural reckoning as the anti-Black racism inherent in so much of America and its systems has been laid bare in the collective conscience of society like never before. As a person…

  • New publication: the genetics of urban invasions

    Our new review paper on the genetic processes and considerations underlying urban invasions is now out in Oecologia! Check it out HERE. This review originated from a class on invasion genetics and was spearheaded by Emily…

  • Nocturnal Activity and Anoles, continued

    Collaborator Dr. Chris Thawley and his colleague recently published an interesting paper illuminating the consequences of nighttime artificial light use by diurnal anoles (catch the pun?). Check out the new paper HERE! Our previous publication offers natural history…

  • NCSU Applied Ecology’s 12 Days of Ecosystem Services

    Pivoting in a different direction with the holidays approaching, I wanted to share a fun project spearheaded by Michelle Jewell, the Chief Science Communicator for NC State’s Department of Applied Ecology. Check out the carol she…

  • High natal homing precision in Caribbean hawksbill sea turtles

    Dr. Kathryn Levasseur and her colleagues recently published a must-read paper exploring natal homing in Caribbean hawksbills. Check it out HERE. Primarily through the lens of population genetics, their findings show high natal homing precision to our…

  • It’s not all doom and gloom

    A new article in National Geographic sheds a hopeful light on the contemporary status of sea turtles and their conservation. It is a fascinating read, with stunning photography. Check it out here.

  • Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt

      A new paper in the journal Science does a great job explaining the Sargassum phenomenon in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Wang et al. discuss what is happening and, importantly, get into WHY. The image above is from Figure…

  • New publication: nocturnal activity in diurnal lizards

    We recently had another small piece published – this one in Herpetological Conservation and Biology. It documents the nocturnal use of artificial lighting by diurnal anoles and offers various interesting natural history observations. This is a…

  • New publication: Frontiers EcoPic

    Excited to share that my colleague Dr. Mike Cove and I recently had a note published in the EcoPics series for Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. This series focuses on compelling photographs accompanied by short…