Congratulations to Branch Lab members Sam Jung and Laura Robayo on acceptance in JCP. This work came from Sam’s Honour’s thesis project – way to go team!!

PDF to come : )

Jung, G., Beauchamp, A., Robayo Noguera, L., Guglielmo, C., Branch, C.L. Coping with the cold: Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) use rapid facultative hypothermia to reduce fat loss overnight. Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

Alex Muth successfully defended his MSc thesis in Psychology! Alex investigated the role of character displacement on chestnut-backed and mountain chickadee calls where they overlap versus where they live in isolation. Great work Alex!

The New York Times covered our work on extra-pair paternity in mountain chickadees! The ladies like a clever male : >

Check out Carrie’s chat with Dr. Scott Taylor, host of Okay, But…Birds podcast!

The Society for Canadian Ornithology was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 2025 – We had a great time meeting fellow Canadian Ornithologists and the students did an excellent job sharing their research findings!

Baltimore, MD

Check out this piece in Living Bird magazine, 2025 summer edition, highlighting Olivia Taylor’s honours thesis work, Taylor et al. 2025

Sofia Haley received a Graduate Student Research Grant (UNR) and the Wilson’s Scholarship (UNR Biology) this spring! Way to go!!

Congratulations to Laura Robayo Noguera and Alex Muth on their Psychology Donor Awards! Laura received the David Sherry AFAR Graduate Award and Alex received the G. Keith Humphrey Memorial Award! Many thanks to the generous Donors!!