Georgy's most recent work on the genetics of variation in spatial cognition in food-caching chickadees was just published in Current Biology . This work is the product of a collabroation with Dr. Valdimir Pravosudov and his lab at the University of Nevada Reno , with contributions from other lab members...

The good news keeps coming! Nikki (Documenting responses to experimental and natural nest intrusions in two species of cavity-nesting chickadee) and Will (Using acoustic and genomic data to evaluate the taxonomic status of Northern Pygmy Owls) were recently notified that they will receive funding for their work from the Colorado...

Congrats to Sara Padula, a second-year PhD student in the lab, who was granted a 2024 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! The program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education...

Scott recently spent part of his sabbatical visiting Jay in Gamboa, Panama. During his visit, Scott gave the Tupper Seminar at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and spent some time with the RaMP-UP Fellows . Other than eating delicious food, Jay and Scott also spent time observing a white-necked jacobin...

Congrats to Sara, Nikki and Will for their recently awarded research Grants! Sara was awarded the Zena Hunter Andrews Graduate Student Award for her project "Comparing the genetics of spatial memory in two species of food caching chickadee" Nikki was awarded a Denver Field Ornithologists research grant for her proposal...

Scott will be participating as a panelist in an upcoming workshop focused on inclusion and diversity in scientific fieldwork at Yale University on May 13 and 14, 2024. The brief schedule is below and you can follow the link to register! https://peabody.yale.edu/events/workshop-inclusive-future-scientific-fieldwork

The "smart feeder" arrays up and running at the Mountain Research Station!

Members of the Taylor lab are busy in the field these days, braving the cold and snow to collect exciting data on black-capped and mountain chickadees. Haley is conducting feeder-based agression experiments in Boulder, Nikki has been getting our nest boxes ready for the 2024 breeding season, and Sara, Ajay,...

As part of the 2023 RIO Faculty Fellows program, Scott gave a short TED-style talk in the Gordon Gamm Theater at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder on October 18, 2023. In his talk, “Contemplating Evolution: Why Making Spaces to Be Curious was Important for This Gay Scientist,” Scott tells...