Travis Hagey’s lab
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science seminar and podcast
Last week I had the awesome opportunity to drive down to Jackson, MS and give a presentation on geckos for the Mississippi Museum of Natural Sciences as part of their weekly lecture series. The turnout was great, with lots of folks from the public, across age groups,...
New lab geckos
It has been a busy summer with fieldwork and conferences, but we have exciting news! The lab has welcomed a handful of new lizards! Working with fellow gecko scientist Stu Nielsen at LSU Shreveport, we've incorporated Asacus and Ptyodactylus geckos into our...
AMNH 2026 visit
This August, my lab made a short visit to the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. We went to measure specimens, in support of two student projects. MUW students Maddie Guerin (alum) and Kane Petty both helped me measure over 250 specimens in just a few days! ...
Summer STEM camp
This July we again hosted our annual week long STEM camp for middle schools kids! We had a great team of MUW faculty and students helping organize and run activities for the participants! ...
Summer conferences JMIH and Evolution
This summer, I was able to attend JMIH in New Orleans! I brought a student, Kane Petty, that presented a poster sharing preliminary simulation results looking at how missing data may affect our estimates of trait evolution. Kane also attended the Evolution conference...