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Congratulations Iris Li!
Congratulations Iris Li!

Iris Li passed her comprehensive exam and is now a PhD Candidate!

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Hannah GrieblingOctober 28, 2024
Conference Updates
Conference Updates

Lab members presented their work at conferences this summer!

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Hannah GrieblingOctober 28, 2024
Publication Alert: Wild raccoons demonstrate flexibility and individuality in innovative problem solving
Publication Alert: Wild raccoons demonstrate flexibility and individuality in innovative problem solving

Lauren Stanton led this groundbreaking research investigating innovative problem solving in wild, urban raccoons!

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Hannah GrieblingOctober 28, 2024publication alert, raccoon
Congratulations Clay Meng!
Congratulations Clay Meng!

Clay successfully defended his Undergraduate Honour’s Thesis!

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Hannah GrieblingMay 1, 2024honours thesis, raccoon, Vancouver, urban wildlife
Congratulations Andrew Wong!
Congratulations Andrew Wong!

Drew successfully defended his Undergraduate Honour’s Thesis this week!

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Hannah GrieblingApril 19, 2024honours thesis, raccoon, occupancy, Vancouver, raccoon occupancy, urban wildlife
Animal Behavior Society Conference
Animal Behavior Society Conference

Lab members past and present recently attended the annual Animal Behavior Society conference in Portland, Oregon!

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Hannah GrieblingAugust 10, 2023
Publication Alert: The current state of carnivore cognition
Publication Alert: The current state of carnivore cognition

Research on carnivore cognition is expanding, but there’s still a lot that carnivore species can teach us about the evolution of intelligence and carnivore coexistence.

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Hannah GrieblingAugust 10, 2023
Wall Street Journal Features
Wall Street Journal Features

The Wall Street Journal recently published two articles on some of our work, and how we hope to promote coexistence with urban raccoons!

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Hannah GrieblingAugust 10, 2023
Nat Geo Feature
Nat Geo Feature

National Geographic published an article on urban raccoons featuring some of our work!

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Hannah GrieblingAugust 10, 2023
Publication Alert: Environmental, individual and social traits of free-ranging raccoons influence performance in cognitive testing
Publication Alert: Environmental, individual and social traits of free-ranging raccoons influence performance in cognitive testing

Lab alumna Lauren Stanton and PI Sarah Benson-Amram have a new publication in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

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Hannah GrieblingAugust 10, 2023
Publication Alert: How technology can advance the study of animal cognition in the wild
Publication Alert: How technology can advance the study of animal cognition in the wild
Christina SlukaApril 28, 2022
Publication Alert: Elephant Cognition
Publication Alert: Elephant Cognition

Lab alumna, Dr. Lisa Barrett published her dissertation work on elephant cognition and personality.

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Christina SlukaApril 28, 2022
Publication Alert: "Variation in reversal learning by three generalist mesocarnivores"
Publication Alert: "Variation in reversal learning by three generalist mesocarnivores"

New publication by lab alumna, Dr. Lauren Stanton

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Christina SlukaApril 28, 2022
Wyoming Trapping Update
Wyoming Trapping Update

The Wyoming project ran their trap-tag-release program in 2021 and caught a unique individual.

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Christina SlukaApril 28, 2022
Lab Move Update!
Lab Move Update!

Our lab has completed the move to UBC and has begun work in Vancouver and Wyoming.

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Christina SlukaApril 28, 2022
Our lab moved to University of British Columbia!
Our lab moved to University of British Columbia!

We have moved to University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Come by the office and say hello!

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Guest UserJanuary 4, 2021
Publication Alert: Behavioral flexibility of a generalist carnivore 
Publication Alert: Behavioral flexibility of a generalist carnivore 

Sarah Daniels, Rachel Fanelli, Sarah Benson-Amram, and USDA collaborator Amy Gilbert, published results from their research on behavioral flexibility in captive raccoons in the journal Animal Cognition (Feb 2019)!

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Guest UserFebruary 18, 2019
National Geographic Features our Zebra Finch Research!
National Geographic Features our Zebra Finch Research!

Our zebra finch research was featured in the February issue of National Geographic Magazine.

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Guest UserFebruary 22, 2018
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