
Travis Hagey’s lab

MUW TikTok video on Geico gecko
Working with our university photographer, I recorded two videos for TikTok and for Facebook! The Geico gecko, which is based on a real life species, the Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis) has three inaccuracies. Can you guess what they are? [video...

Semester research and BS 400 posters
Fall 2021 has been a busy semester! As we're reaching the end, we have fun exciting updates. This semester I've had four research students working on various toe pad projects, including Alicia Jefferson, Alaina Dawkins, Jenny McCann, measuring a preserved Tuatara...

Aberdeen high school summer enrichment program
This week I had the awesome opportunity to work with the teachers, staff, and principal at Aberdeen High School here in Mississippi as part of their Summer Enrichment Program. To make up for missing out on in-person opportunities Aberdeen high school students...

SICB 2021 Meet a scientist video with advice for new scientists
For this year's virtual Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology conference (2021), the organizers asked me to record a video introducing myself and giving some advice for new scientists! I think the video turned out great! It was originally uploaded to YouTube...

Student Poster Presentations
This semester, I collaborated with our comparative vertebrate anatomy faculty Dr. Simmons-Diez, to organize an end of the semester poster session. Students in both her class and my biomechanics course, found published articles related to topics we covered...