Biology student Erin Murray and Dr. Day Ligon, assistant professor of biology, presented research at the annual meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. The meeting took place Jan. 3-7 in South Carolina.

Murray presented “Predation in the Strawberry Poison Frog Oophaga Pumilio: Are Adults and Juveniles Equally Protected from Ctenid Spiders?” and Ligon presented “Thermal Ecology of Yellow Mud Turtles (Kinosternon Flavescens) during Hibernation.”

Charlie Tucker, graduate student, co-authored “Can Automated Radio Telemetry Quantify Ornate Box Turtle Activity and Nesting Patterns?” with Ligon and other researchers but was unable to attend the conference.

Graduate students Denise Thompson and Brad Graevs attended the annual meeting.