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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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…
Outreach – Explorathon 2016
The Healy lab came out in full force for Explorathon 2016, an event based on discovery which aims to engage and entertain the public. This year Explorathon celebrated European Researchers’ Night by holding events all…
Outreach – Scottish Ornithologists’ Club
The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club gave a warm welcome to Sophie at an evening event in St Andrews inviting PhD students to talk about their research. Sophie spoke about nest building and about whether temperature…
Outreach – Edinburgh International Science Festival
At this year’s Edinburgh International Science Festival visitors has their eyes opened to the world of nest building! Lauren, Sophie, and Alexis set up an exhibit on ‘Why Do Birds Build Nests?’, inviting both children…
New papers out – Reviews
We’ve had some more publishing activity from the Healy lab, recently in the form of reviews! Well done Alexis, David, Maria, Lauren, and Sue! What Can Nest-Building Birds Teach Us? The structures that animals build…
Outreach – even more Research Illustration!
Yet another Healy lab member has engaged with the Research Illustrations project! Alexis has written a brief explanation of her PhD project (nest building in zebra finches) and it is now accompanied by some beautiful…
Dundee Science Festival
If you went to the Dundee Science Festival you might have caught up with some of the Healy lab! Lauren, Sue, Eira, Alexis, and Sophie spent the day talking and interacting with members of the public, using hand-on…
Papers published – on a roll!
The Healy lab has been busy over the last few weeks, with several papers being published. Lauren and Sue have published a paper focusing on nest building, the forgotten behaviour (with a couple of cheeky snaps from the…
Nest Construction Conference
The Nest Construction and Function 2015 conference, held in Lincoln, was attended by Alexis, Lauren, Eira, and Sue: Alexis giving her talk on how male zabra finches learn about and attend to multiple physical…