Explore cutting edge science topics, their latest developments, and their relevance to society through speaker presentations followed by question-and-answer period with the audience.
FALL 2024 SCIENCE INQUIRY SERIES
Autumn greetings! The Fall 2024 Science Inquiry Series kicks off on September 18 when MSU’s Dr. Hugo Sindelar recounts his experience making a documentary film about the 2022 Yellowstone floods and the lessons learned from shared stories that can help prepare for and manage future natural disasters.
Future talks include MSU’s Dr. John Sheppard on October 16 on the issues surrounding Artificial Intelligence and a description of AI applications his lab is developing to support the work of a variety of professionals. On November 13, Dr. Joanna Lambert of the University of Colorado-Boulder will discuss her research on how life in the human-dominated “Anthropocene” era is impacting wildlife—notably gray wolves—and altering their behavioral interactions with us.
Talks begin at 6 pm in the Museum of the Rockies’ Hager Auditoriuum, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Face masks are recommended but not required. We hope to see you there!
Science Inquiry Series Explores the Domestication of Wildlife in a Human-Dominated World
Humans have transformed every ecosystem on Earth; how is wildlife coping with this immense and rapid ecological change? Dr. Joanna Lambert, Professor of Ecology and Conservation Biology at the University of Colorado – Boulder, will address this question in the third and final presentation of the Fall 2024 Science Inquiry Series.
The talk will be presented in the Museum of the Rockies’ Hager Auditorium on Wednesday, November 13, at 6 pm. It is sponsored by the Gallatin Valley Friends of the Sciences, co-sponsored by the non-profit service organization Hopa Mountain, and hosted by the Museum of the Rockies.
The series explores cutting edge science topics, their latest developments, and their relevance to society through speaker presentations followed by questions from the audience. The talks are free to the public; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Face masks are recommended but not required.
In her presentation, titled “Is an Anthropogenic Planet Domesticating Wildlife? The Case of Coyotes and Gray Wolves in the American West,” Lambert will discuss her research on how life in the Anthropocene Epoch—the age of global human influence–impacts wildlife and their behavioral interactions with humans as we compete over shrinking habitat. She will focus on the case of coyotes and gray wolves and implications for wildlife management and conservation.
Dr. Lambert holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois – Champaign-Urbana, and serves as Director of the American Canid Project at the University of Colorado-Boulder. She has published several books and hundreds of peer-reviewed articles on her field research on the behavioral ecology, physiology and evolution of endangered wild animals—including carnivore research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Linnaean Society of London. Lambert is a Master Instructor at the Yellowstone Institute, and among her many leadership roles in world-wide conservation organizations, she is Senior Science Advisor and Board Member of the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project.
The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer period.
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