Monthly Archives: October 2015

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Gators at BIOCON Peru Conference in Lima October 15-18

By | October 25th, 2015|Amazon, Andes, conference, Peru|

Many "Gators", present and past, participated at the Andes Amazon Biodiversity Conservation BIOCONPERU from 15-18 October 2015. Farah Carrasco helped in the organization and running of the conference, while Rodrigo Medellin, Alfonso Alonso, and Bette Loiselle provided two of the plenary lectures.

Rodrigo Medellin visits lab, TCD, and UF

By | October 24th, 2015|bats, biodiversity, conservation|

Rodrigo Medellin, international renowned conservation biologist and professor at UNAM-Mexico visited the University of Florida where he gave an inspiring talk about his work in Mexico to a packed house in Newins-Ziegler Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department. Rodrigo was instrumental in getting the bat houses established near Lake Alice while a graduate student at UF [...]