SICB Science News: Stories by Student Journalists

2013 Annual Meeting (San Francisco)

Bacteria allow woodrats to eat poison. By Anne Madden, Department of Biology, Tufts University

Earliest legs weren't made for walking. By Katrina Jones, The Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, Johns Hopkins University

Birdseed, cowbirds, and disease: The unintended consequences of bird feeding. By Shane Hanlon, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis

A tale of two corals: genetic relationships of coral reefs in Micronesia. By Medhavi Ambardar, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University

Soccer players tackle animal performance. By Hugo Dutel, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France

Skimming the surface: a larval window on the biodiversity of nemertean worms. By Christopher Laumer, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

2012 Annual Meeting (Charleston)

Fighting off infection: some of Darwin's finches pack a punch. By Julie Charbonnier, Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University

Fish species snake their way on land. By John Whiteman, Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming

Half a century of seabirds and weather. By Emily Elderbrock, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis

Sponge 'sneezes' point to mechano-sensory system, minus the neurons. By Desmond Ramirez, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara

A Stealthy Warning: The Black Widow's Covert Color Communication. By Kara Feilich, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Out in the Cold: Birds of a Feather Responding to Weather. By Karen Word, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, University of California, Davis