Conference – ISIZ
Sue, Lauren, and former lab member Maria Tello-Ramos attended the 9th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (ISIZ) in Xining, China. Sue gave a plenary talk on ‘Animal cognition in 2017’, co-chaired an animal…
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Fieldwork 2017
Another successful field season completed this year, where Sue, Andy, and Georgina were joined by four undergraduate students from the University of St Andrews (two of which were gathering data for their Honours…
Conference – Behaviour 2017
The Healy lab descended in full force on the Behaviour 2017 conference (perhaps partially because it was held in sunny Portugal, see image at end). Sue certainly had a full programme. Not only was there a book launch…
Conference – Conference on Comparative Cognition
Perhaps better known as CO3, the Conference on Comparative Cognition as always was held in Florida. Sue, Alexis, and Lauren were the lucky ones that attended, with a four day long stint of basking in the sun, listening…
Conference – Scottish Ecology, Environment and Conservation Conference
The Scottish Ecology, Environment and Conservation Conference was held in Aberdeen this year, and included talks across a range of topics from PhD and Master’s students. As the name suggests, talks were related to…
Conference – Postgraduate Conference
Several members of the Healy lab attended the University of St Andrews’ annual biology postgraduate conference, with different roles for each. Georgina gave a presentation on the foraging preferences of rufous…
Sneak peek footage
During our field season earlier this year, Sue and our collaborator Andy Hurly (and the hummingbirds) were involved in the filming of a documentary. The series ‘The Nature of Things‘ features a look at hummingbirds,…
Fieldwork in the Canadian rockies
Another successful fieldwork season in the Canadian rockies! David and Georgina were joined by former Healy lab member Dr Maria Tello-Ramos, as well as three undergraduates from the University of St Andrews (Vicki,…
Conference – ISBE
Nora, Georgina, and Sue all attended the International Society for Behavioral Ecology conference held in Exeter. This conference marked the 30th anniversary since the founding of ISBE, and as a result attendees were…
Well done David!
David has won a research grant from the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour to study landmark use in wild hummingbirds. This is his first grant, so it’s a landmark achievement for him (pun entirely intended).…