The 98th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was a chance to see some familiar faces and discuss a common interest: mammals. The meeting was held June 25-27 at Kansas State University. Drs. Sean Maher, assistant professor of biology, and Tom Tomasi, professor of biology, took several of their current and recent graduate students. Casey Adkins, … [Read more...] about Current and former biology students attend conference
Missouri State University graduate student Emily Beasley has devoted much of her graduate career to the study of biogeography. Her master’s thesis covered the examination of small mammal diversity patterns in relation to island biogeography in glades. Beasley presented her research in October at the Central Plains Society of Mammalogists meeting. She received an award for … [Read more...] about Biology student makes progress in biogeography studies
Some play March Madness with basketball teams. Others play it with mammals. Dr. Sean Maher and Emily Beasley recently presented posters at the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) to discuss mammals in and out of the bracket. Maher Maher, assistant professor of biology, is the chair of the committee that handles ASM's social media. ASM partnered with March Mammal … [Read more...] about American Society for Mammalogists inspires opportunity