Biodiversity Research and Education
Biodiversity monitoring is imperative for understanding how changing climate may impact the distributions of taxa from single species to the spatial distribution of biolog- ical diversity. Large-scale...
The study of animal personality is a growing field that has applications for welfare of animals living in captive settings. We measured personality traits (activity, exploration, and...
Cait is a senior biology student at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. She has had a passion for animals and wildlife as early as she can...
Cameron Forehand joined the Siler Lab in the fall of 2022 as a Masters student. Her passion for herpetology and conservation biology led her to join the...
Forrest joined the Siler Lab in the summer of 2022 as a MS student. After graduating with a BS in zoology from Colorado State University in 2016,...
Cryptic ecologies, the Wallacean Shortfall of undocumented species’ geographical ranges and the Linnaean Shortfall of undescribed diversity, are all major barriers to conservation assessment. When these factors...
Julianne is an undergraduate freshman studying Biology at the University of Oklahoma. Despite only having ever lived in Edmond, Oklahoma, some of her favorite childhood memories are...
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and ranavirus (RV) are pathogens contributing to the global decline of amphibian populations. Both pathogens can be spread through direct contact between amphibians, through...
The University of Oklahoma Biological Station (UOBS) was established in 1950 in Marshall Co., Oklahoma along the newly created reservoir, Lake Texoma. Generations of biology students and...
We revisit the question of species diversity among Mindanao Fanged Frogs of the Limnonectes magnus complex consisting of L. magnus, L. diuatus, L. ferneri, and a previously...
Recent higher level phylogenetic analyses of gekkonid lizards of the genus Lepidodactylus uncovered an array of unrecognized species diversity, particularly within the Philippine archipelago. Novel phylogenetic analyses...
