https://www.samanthamonier.com/new-index daily 0.75 2024-03-23 https://www.samanthamonier.com/undergraduate-thesis daily 0.75 2018-06-08 https://www.samanthamonier.com/research-interests daily 0.75 2025-04-12 https://www.samanthamonier.com/la-selva-costa-rica daily 0.75 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502607677172-2UVK18VWYPPRFQX3TTIW/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica - La Selva Biological Research Station As an undergraduate, I visited Costa Rica as part of of tropical ecology field methods course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502609170443-95NKZ47P5TL19U23ZK29/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502609196368-YBX6QQ9XNKZW3636UUN3/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Orb weaver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502608342921-AD63CEB52IEA603ZPP7R/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Leaf cutter ants are one of the only animals besides humans that cultivate their own food. They don't eat the leaves directly, but use the leaves to grow their own fungal gardens. Workers cut and carry the leaves while the smaller caste, the minims, hitch a ride back to the nest on top of the leaf, prepping and protecting it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502609694662-LBXEVMQXG9E2K7EHVBMJ/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica A well camouflaged basilisk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502609753354-6XKFFR5R8UB8SSK1X7AH/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502608672279-N4H3WG7DEFJX41TQ9ASH/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica After dark, this mantid (above) and sphinx month (below) were attracted to the UV light we shined over a white sheet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502608873065-OKP5N9IAKF1HV7LW6O7Q/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502609395031-ZNQPS85WDYIBJ8KDHX13/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Nicknamed the “blue jeans” poison dart frog because it looks like it's wearing pants. This frog carries a tadpole on her back, about to deposit it in a bromeliad full of rain water. A video of this species vocalizing can be downloaded here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502609797767-ILY2VUC1OM7OJHMIX06Z/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Eye lash viper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502609240321-OME9JCKHZ6L53I1UP3UC/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Two tent making bats roosting in the underside of a leaf. These bats use their teeth to perforate a leaf such that it folds in on itself, creating a "tent" for the bats to sleep in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502609840660-E5ZH8BX3TXDS3V217BYS/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Peccary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502610034610-I21ZOR4DA9YASBK9BF9K/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Accidentally snapped a photo of this howler monkey urinating! These guys are called howlers for a good reason, click here to hear them vocalizing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502610160692-C1ULN3PKP2O7SVZ93AEX/P3260234.jpg La Selva, Costa Rica Capuchin monkey, foraging up in the trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502610260598-ZV9U4LRJ4GKD1JOKJV1K/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Stumbled upon this monkey skull while out for a hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502610672339-AHJ87V9FJ37QA7RZ4FGI/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Heliconias https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502610460360-7W2WLEQYOWUO7B1H5OA5/014.jpg La Selva, Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502610529116-DPUHHZONV426Z8P88U2P/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502611064795-JOG0CXVO2IA8YP4GQAQD/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Overnight flood at the field station. While most of the water had receded by morning, mud lines on the trees show just how high the water level was (below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502611040761-L1AA7WAMXXYLQZVW26HI/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502610643558-8XLX58IYMFB3QXMZ2RFA/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502610887515-2QE94TI2JMTZHBJRJNEN/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Invasive pink bananas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502610965051-S4862EE5G0GVJMDG9VBU/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Bananas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502611003182-7SAWBTCZLOKEBCB8Y2HR/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502611251873-S0MS6JBIRSWXD6EJYQ0Z/image-asset.jpeg La Selva, Costa Rica Easily some of the food I’ve had at a field station https://www.samanthamonier.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/0b3514fe-0508-4515-b19d-43743b8788ba/IMG_0487.JPG Photos - Antarctic seabirds, marine mammals & their prey South Georgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557499308822-RCBCUQPZ2EMTUFQROSRN/RBN.jpg Photos - Tri-state area wildlife NY, NJ & PA, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557497841359-U7MX3NZ2E5JJBCAY8GML/IMG_3744.jpg Photos - Nantucket wildlife MA, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502572586303-N1VPDT4J2D8J2R08U400/image-asset.jpeg Photos - New York City seabird colonies NY, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502582256681-SIE1FMPD5UKTBUADM18H/image-asset.jpeg Photos - Rhesus monkey cognitive ecology Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502582943724-1RMAX57OQ0426FCAB70Z/image-asset.jpeg Photos - Seabird and marine animal surveys the mid-Atlantic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502582856927-ZJU8WO4UALX68H72ADIG/image-asset.jpeg Photos - Madagascar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502583798407-NYQGFVX1ADQV1TPYHJDP/image-asset.jpeg Photos - Lemur cognition The Trevor Zoo, Millbrook, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502584215184-JWB20JB3YAWNQ1M31HMB/P7121455.jpg Photos - Pollination biology OR, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502584827095-OKXXVHYAQAY13RZ60X79/409.jpg Photos - Virgin Island Environmental Research Station St John, USVI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502584866028-E7NC6O1YJAX4PCTOFPRX/image-asset.jpeg Photos - La Selva Biological Research Station Costa Rica https://www.samanthamonier.com/monkeys daily 0.75 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502587284702-KM5SWKPNP0RLBUUGY67A/image-asset.jpeg Monkey Island, PR - Monkey Island Cayo Santiago is home to over 1000 rhesus macaques that, while partially provisioned, self-organize into groups and compete for resources. No people live on the island. I helped collect data for a suite of on-going projects on the island for my Master’s, developing my own questions regarding the ecological drivers of cognitive ability https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502587622551-4CM3W9OTDCXMWCA3GQQM/image-asset.jpeg Monkey Island, PR To minimize contact with (and harassment by!) the monkeys, researchers eat and store their packs in one of two “lunch cages” on the island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502587539320-YS3Q97UY2WWF2F65SAR5/image-asset.jpeg Monkey Island, PR A view of Cayo from mainland Puerto Rico. Vieques can be seen in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502587667247-KAHXWN77BNXEWVR9TOCH/image-asset.jpeg Monkey Island, PR This iguana commandeered the monkeys’ water trough. Rainwater is stored on the island and flows freely into these troughs to provide the monkeys supplemental water during dry spells https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502587695643-9P6M3NBHU28VAUF7IWQL/image-asset.jpeg Monkey Island, PR A good idea not to ignore this sign! Rhesus monkeys are all potential carriers of Herpes B, which is communicable through body fluid contact https://www.samanthamonier.com/madagascar daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502588300751-5SP0NYCC2UW7RZS529II/image-asset.jpeg Madagascar - Ma dagascar For my undergraduate thesis I worked with captive lemurs at a local zoo. As a postgraduate, I took a trip to Madagascar to see these endemics in their native habitat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502589164229-LE0GSQRAFLMEUSJXDNPT/image-asset.jpeg Madagascar Wild brown lemurs. As with many sexually dimorphic species, the females are fairly plain while the males are white around their face with contrasting black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502588734487-BTGCQTPSBD6GMPYGZ565/image-asset.jpeg Madagascar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502588795909-P0L00DA62F1Z85YACU03/image-asset.jpeg Madagascar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502589638181-RAUSEAUQTCXU38JE39TP/image-asset.jpeg Madagascar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502590634445-DLSUS3WXHRR4BNYRMY88/image-asset.jpeg Madagascar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502591132085-GGRP3RCHCYM38PC169UA/image-asset.jpeg Madagascar Wild pineapple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502590947096-K0MEQXHESWDE1PWW4FK8/image-asset.jpeg Madagascar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502590881431-60L185PUJZ511PSWOZPV/image-asset.jpeg Madagascar A national symbol of Madagascar, the ravenala is pollinated by lemurs! 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Lemurs were given the option of solving a puzzle for a high-quality food reward or taking a lower-quality food available for immediate consumption https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502893850427-YLLQG06519GABF8PBRAM/PA252251.jpg Lemur Cognition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502892412805-57MJZA09H3I1MPL2DMZM/PA252248.jpg Lemur Cognition This ring-tail is solving a string pull task, pulling up the rope to reach the food speared onto the far end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502894385533-62DTPP7PSDRAVX8XAQXD/image-asset.jpeg Lemur Cognition A favorable food reward (in this case, a prune) was placed behind a plexiglass barrier so that it could only be obtained through tool use. Lemurs had to position the tool in such a way that they could rake in the reward. Alternatively, the lemurs could simply take a less preferred food (carrot) which required no tool to obtain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502894500196-WBNB1NOP4KEO73F1WMGD/image-asset.jpeg Lemur Cognition This black-and-white ruffed lemur was capable of solving the cane task https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502895347694-FSIUBNNE6PV7L8R6HWOZ/image-asset.jpeg Lemur Cognition In this task, to obtain the prune lemurs had to remove both wooden boards, dropping the food onto the floor and into reach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502895171120-1LD4YEKCL7JOCU4LA3NV/image-asset.jpeg Lemur Cognition https://www.samanthamonier.com/new-page daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502581219039-U5ZN5HJWZD5D7A4XPAGS/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Colonies, NYC - Seabird Colonies in New York City I assisted researchers from Stony Brook University in a project that put trackers on Herring Gulls living on the islands surrounding JFK airport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502574735753-YDY9ZK3VSFAKOGXROEQM/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Colonies, NYC Unable to pull our boat up onto the beach, we waded ashore (part of the island can be seen in the background). You can tell by my coat and scarf it wasn’t exactly swimming weather! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502579161110-1WCOTWVSGCQ668JZH7QE/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Colonies, NYC How do you catch a gull? One way is to position a box over the nest and wait for the bird to sit on its eggs. Pulling the string topples the box, safely trapping the gull inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502579261435-W81QCORY91B3FJUC9IPO/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Colonies, NYC Lying low in the grass makes the birds less leery of you, and more likely to enter the trap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502580459035-NX9HP26W0TIUEXEWD7A7/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Colonies, NYC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502902924034-JM56TS5N1KL1V3CU39QN/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Colonies, NYC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502580511172-17CPRZPM6ASJ02FIIX6L/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Colonies, NYC Herring gull eggs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502581471407-EPWLKC5768C192A2YSC2/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Colonies, NYC Oyster catcher eggs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502581557084-TA6QJY5EZJ9CGO1K6URO/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Colonies, NYC Whelk https://www.samanthamonier.com/seabird-boat-surveys daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502585228007-MZXHUO9OVB946L1LD3X8/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Boat Surveys, Southeastern US - Seabird & marine animal surveys in the mid-Atlantic I helped conduct environmental impact surveys off the coast of Delaware, Maryland and Virgina prior to the development of new offshore wind farms. The presence and behavior of seabirds and other marine animals were documented as far as 80km offshore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502586705871-42YGX6JAGD4UXXAPB64G/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Boat Surveys, Southeastern US The Stormy Petrel II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502585310746-G4IJOZ764F7CB9D3ZS58/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Boat Surveys, Southeastern US https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502586302541-HPKOUJB0NH92WGR6LFYC/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Boat Surveys, Southeastern US https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502585915219-IBYDKA0BY9TSK22E9WM0/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Boat Surveys, Southeastern US https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502586092541-74SEDKW0CC6EKZ4UJ4IV/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Boat Surveys, Southeastern US Common dolphin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502586002995-ZVOG0LMSXTRF56PWWOME/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Boat Surveys, Southeastern US Phalaropes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502586573734-FHFIR2P9A17CFLN0VDLX/IMG_1688.jpg Seabird Boat Surveys, Southeastern US https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502585877275-BPVEIN9VVULEYXZS1J7X/image-asset.jpeg Seabird Boat Surveys, Southeastern US https://www.samanthamonier.com/pollination-biology-oregon-state daily 0.75 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502594370577-ACD5PZ75CWTW1QR1SS0E/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State - Pollination Biology Recipient of a National Science Foundation REU, I spent a summer conducting pollination research all across Oregon state https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502595018680-GWTKH35D084C2LA5193W/P8132117.jpg Pollination Biology, Oregon State Most of my time was spent at HJ Andrews Forest in the Cascades. I compared the rate of hummingbird to insect pollination as part of a larger study of the island biogeography of mountain meadows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502594895968-WA66E51N4IYZV6GBN7ZA/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State Indian paintbrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502597495734-FQ7OL1PGJC2IG49JDZPE/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State Swallowtail, feeding off of a western columbine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502597351832-YHSS41COMDUFP00DWGR0/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State These exclosures were covered in mesh netting and placed over flower patches. This allowed for pollination by species small enough to fit through the mesh while excluding pollination by larger taxa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502595452518-OUGOU89VSKJG2TIWOY79/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State A great technique for making pollen slides in field: pump a jar full of CO2 (you can buy portable cartridges) and place your netted insect inside. With the insect knocked out, you can sample the pollen by swabbing it with a medium that can be melted down with a lighter onto the slide. The bee wakes up and flies away unharmed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502598689223-LUA7UI0YGJ6Z42GB5Y1F/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State Field station in the Zumwalt Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502599304244-GWGPPZF9IBGREHFD1TAC/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502597122543-5O14551NQKWOBLFXHDUD/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502597604393-IE65N7JMX8WDIA0OBDON/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502600625445-OBHH1797R7Z3WXUCPDP0/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502600578670-ENS0V57PDOPFVR0XAMFD/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502599097893-DMXTKB80ZOBTTCDCENEU/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502599174401-WCYS0ESLNV8TD4HDNLWB/P7311897.jpg Pollination Biology, Oregon State Painted hills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502598883192-S0713HEG1L4CK1M28Q7Q/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502597643558-61IV9KBJWVYPJNLGBAVC/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State Lava fields https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502595899415-9QCE8FHLGAO0JHZR8VGB/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502598721949-DTCOPTFZYO3R79GC4MC8/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502600010001-Q3KKCLMQOHGL6HMEGYIY/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State Modeling a “bee beard”, I’m sporting a pheromone necklace that make me smell like the queen. This attracts the bees while keeping me safe from stings (though you’ll notice the cotton up my nose and masking tape on my sleeves for extra protection). A female’s stinger is actually a modified ovipositor, so, male honey bees don't sting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502599375913-LD384SDILUB0X4XN9C1W/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State John Day Fossil Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502599425945-NRD7IKQ6BZGP8QRKQN8C/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502599607840-QNBBQVQBZWA9CMZAT6A8/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502600825079-EZQGKQ12PB9URCE4PZ3D/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State Used to study rock slides, a machine at the top mixes together your ingredients (rocks, water, dirt, etc.) and releases it down the gridded slope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502600406762-FENHNDU85216OA0LZEG2/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State Tsunami simulator at Oregon State University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502600940936-G0HBXHVV2D10548ND2HM/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502600962530-FBEVY5MV5DCGME33A43S/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502600978862-37DH07WHGHAFZLTQWDXC/image-asset.jpeg Pollination Biology, Oregon State https://www.samanthamonier.com/viers daily 0.75 2025-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502603427296-N29KJZS819A7YKVNJ8VC/image-asset.jpeg VIERS - Virgin Island Environmental Research Station As an undergraduate, I visited VEIRS as part of an animal behavior field methods course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502603764171-6TU0JH0JYQISUA3YF7F3/image-asset.jpeg VIERS Golden orb weaver on its web https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502677094913-DMS3UGF0WPHKGB44R9YR/Noctilio.jpg VIERS Fishing bat caught in our mist net (above) and the crevice they roost in (below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502677502969-FGX2F9CCC68YFC20JZNU/180909_10150410145900442_772540441_17186463_6820124_n.jpg VIERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502604235127-V75IWM96PMZBCFTG8X36/image-asset.jpeg VIERS Jamaican fruit bat caught in our mist net (above) and the abandoned sugar mill they roost in (below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502677560619-Y6RH9T68HYVP085B13DO/387.jpg VIERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502604825044-58Y62O7A4RPGK7XDV3MH/464.jpg VIERS One downside to hanging out near a bat roost is all of the bugs! Easily the most bites I've ever received on the back of my legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502678446076-UJDKIFF1RX2HKQKM9RMS/image-asset.jpeg VIERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502606524741-HXCRT6XRPIKCM6NKCS74/image-asset.jpeg VIERS A beach near the field station littered with statues made out of found objects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502606471089-PAC8ZX26OZF7VY7AQRXA/P1140577.jpg VIERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502606348228-RTLHLM2E837F0MJNFK7Q/image-asset.jpeg VIERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502678120027-C1M0GW6IKXEFORT6IK5S/image-asset.jpeg VIERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502678548421-2XLPM0RR89DLK8N68D4V/image-asset.jpeg VIERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502677210536-Y714QVZ699S69AGBVXQU/image-asset.jpeg VIERS Petroglyphs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502678781188-N9E5FETQ43LVHTE9DOSY/image-asset.jpeg VIERS Tarantula hawk found dead on the trail, live tarantula below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502679220008-SMJQ20QXM0F8IFXH491F/367.jpg VIERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502678600404-QPMGE45EH476XS1PP7N1/image-asset.jpeg VIERS Baby goat joining us for a walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1502679440926-5F5BO7D7ZHO4UNRQZD9T/image-asset.jpeg VIERS Invasive lion fish are a common in the protected bay at VIERS. This one was caught by a staff member and used as a teaching specimen https://www.samanthamonier.com/new-page-5 daily 0.75 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/8352d5cb-b3a1-4722-b16d-eb35469e2237/IMG_0032.JPG Current Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/b8d57016-9ce4-4b8c-ae14-460a8a586f5a/22223D96-B9F2-4C95-9DE7-BDF47537F59D.JPEG Current Projects - Make it stand out Myself, alongside our documentarian Kevin Schreck, about to board the ship to South Georgia https://www.samanthamonier.com/staten-island-birds-and-bats daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557499308822-RCBCUQPZ2EMTUFQROSRN/RBN.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats - Tri-State Area Wildlife Born and raised in New York City these species will always hold a special place in my heart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557499504331-S4DVKWD2GSPHV73I0X1N/IMG_0509+2.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557499563522-6RDEFXTUH5XYJ24IAMW5/IMG_0510.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1592834973173-JKKY0BVEJRDSM9LOJ2QI/IMG_0254.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats Larger-than-life bird art on Broadway. Part of the Audubon Sculpture Project. Kevin Schreck and I walked 80 blocks in one afternoon to see all 10! Peregrine Falcon above, Red-necked Grebe and Snowy Owl below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1592835240801-KC45CJTWIGE0YZSV0TEG/IMG_0320.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1592835264740-I3FHXPYL623OXVPTX6BS/IMG_0245.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557498883351-3E0X82SV6IADTPGFL0RK/silverbat.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats Silver-haired bat died on my doorstep in Brooklyn (above, and zoomed out below for scale) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557498918997-0SQNLZZSVAV2RVKK7WMM/IMG_0906.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats Silver-haired bat died on my doorstep on a very cold night in January https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557499791130-YS8U7UFQ50OSVU48QYQ1/IMG_0410.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats My PhD advisor, Dick Veit, bravely wading through one of the ponds at Jamaica Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557499733587-HSMALF46A1JMJEZQUCLW/IMG_0709.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats View from Hawk Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557499692274-RTRGTJOAAD9KPSRWB0FX/IMG_0693.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats Black vultures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557499849314-U2TBFOPUSOK6UGI0YDJV/IMG_1650.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats Horseshoe crab and lion’s mane jellyfish in the Narrows strait, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557499905117-XLOCCH0I6PW1T5MCT34C/IMG_1965.jpg Staten Island Birds and Bats Hoary bat found dead in Brooklyn https://www.samanthamonier.com/nantucket-bird-surveys daily 0.75 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557497841359-U7MX3NZ2E5JJBCAY8GML/IMG_3744.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys - Nantucket wildlife I regularly visit Nantucket and the surrounding smaller islands to participate in bird banding and shorebird conservation monitoring programs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/d59f3c1d-8f31-44b1-9a51-a27c9d996e3a/IMG_8394.jpeg Nantucket Bird Surveys - Make it stand out MAPS bird banding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557496253549-2GDA5KYFXMJXOX3JBL0F/IMG_0664.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1d5d79fb-2589-4e4f-aaf0-0059d6e6016d/IMG_7455.JPG Nantucket Bird Surveys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/504f9f19-b05f-44e1-9088-27c878201c79/IMG_7257.JPG Nantucket Bird Surveys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557496698705-YT9V6N9USWAASRR3YVCK/IMG_0669.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys An impressive sight! This poor sunfish was found washed up ashore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/4a3a8afa-054d-485b-8d67-292c8cd791c3/IMG_7370.JPG Nantucket Bird Surveys - Make it stand out This recently fledged oystercatcher was dragged into the middle of a pond by a gull, about to be eaten. Amazingly, the parents dive-bombed the gull and their chick made it back to shore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/310081f2-6c22-4fd1-b670-3329c8bfdd9f/NorthPond.JPG Nantucket Bird Surveys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/3b84806c-62f9-4ef7-8f1f-4a18267a92f8/InvasiveGreenCrab.JPG Nantucket Bird Surveys - Make it stand out Invasive green crab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557496872074-5C1GCH1RDLHU74BOZ70A/IMG_0673.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys View from 60 feet up at the Great Point Lighthouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557496909195-M1OA9UDQ8MZU5X5G9OV2/FenceMoss.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557496958663-89Y8QICG1LA3MZMA7G9H/IMG_0532.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys Mummified cat in the cranberry bogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557497648976-Q2B6HMJJSC3FIVZ69FWF/IMG_3710.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557497301859-M6O4XJFSRLIEZ2MF6KBR/IMG_3696.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys Seal vertebrae (above, foot for scale) and paw (below) on Muskeget island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557497576201-NHK0I66XV9S8CA8QRVXS/IMG_3708.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557497730029-82ZMZKW89FRRLPG2B1GU/SealsS.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys So many seals! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557497398330-ZKRSLH19PASG17BPDJMF/NTSeal.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/4f2ee8f0-f636-47a2-96b7-5cc2d57ab51d/IMG_7275.JPG Nantucket Bird Surveys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/f8f8f01d-049d-4e71-8e0b-107b02f87505/MixedSpTerns.JPG Nantucket Bird Surveys - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/2c1b883e-6c86-4623-b235-ec8c7e22581a/4MatingHorseshoeCrabs.JPG Nantucket Bird Surveys - Make it stand out Mating horseshoe crabs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/1557497544194-CU0E0GFU6BZUU4K7N25F/TernsOnBeachS.jpg Nantucket Bird Surveys https://www.samanthamonier.com/home daily 1.0 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/0e35f771-3cf5-43a3-95f6-6111017285d1/Presentation2.pdf.jpg Home https://www.samanthamonier.com/new-page-3 daily 0.75 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/0b3514fe-0508-4515-b19d-43743b8788ba/IMG_0487.JPG South Georgia - Antarctic seabirds, marine mammals, & their prey For my PhD, I studied marine predators around the island of South Georgia. We are now comparing where these species feed, as well as which species forage together, to data from the 1990s to assess how changing climate is affecting foraging behavior and distributions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/5c20e13d-755a-44aa-af78-4ec8128905dd/IMG_9893+2.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Orca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/e02d966f-f5a7-4b0f-afb4-c4514f98d908/IMG_9897.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Guanaco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/194d5f6b-9e22-4dd9-abf5-78e6bef7214b/IMG_1184.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Rhea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/8966f4b9-3720-4d00-8f0f-1abcda9f3235/IMG_9943.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Preparing to leave port! In the background are the NSF’s two research vessels: the Gould (left) and the Palmer (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/5f0c2f4f-1173-4856-9da5-47006d3aee18/IMG_0015.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Myself, and chief scientist Dick Veit, aboard the Laurence M. Gould https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/a4fb1bf2-23b4-4ce3-a1cb-31acb29bdf02/IMG_0387.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Spectacular views as we pulled into South Georgia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/c668fe20-648a-4f41-bfee-5be85f64b6b9/IMG_0445.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out While we visited in the winter, most people who visit South Georgia do so in the summertime…and for good reason! Quite difficult getting around without snow shoes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/30de3944-27a7-4636-8f76-184bcfc7f1e1/IMG_0437.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Stopped by South Georgia’s museum in Grytviken. Hanging from the ceiling is one of the world’s largest birds, the Wandering Albatross—-they can have wingspans up to 12 feet! Below are some of the museum’s other specimens: skins from a King Penguin and fur seal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/d3f0f2c2-fc61-44a1-9fc7-eb3d8781d7cf/IMG_0427.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out King Penguin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/b1959833-dcb1-41af-a53d-514efa9d652a/IMG_0429.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Fur seal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/7afe48e2-413c-4976-8dd3-2604908b6dad/IMG_1639.jpeg South Georgia - Make it stand out A relic of South Georgia’s whaling days. With whaling banned and marine protected areas in place, whale and seal populations are in recovery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/b4f04cc4-25a3-4bcb-a80c-8aac6c6f3705/IMG_0586.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out 2023 was a berg-y year for South Georgia. Many were large enough to be seen from space…one was 31 miles long! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/6beaeb84-56c3-4040-8f6a-48fb951fdd65/IMG_0151.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out The weather around South Georgia was constantly changing, making rainbows a common sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/8352d5cb-b3a1-4722-b16d-eb35469e2237/IMG_0032.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/b1befd37-5172-4662-874b-3ebec72873b4/IMG_0335.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Lanternfish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/87ac125b-5ed2-42bf-a558-1705bea34dee/IMG_0277.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Various species of krill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/87a93632-a14c-4a51-8570-81b27bc1d4a1/IMG_0478.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/34067993-e30b-4bcf-a7aa-b29aaf8f9478/IMG_0933.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/0b36d3c2-75aa-4d00-a495-d75026f4c35f/IMG_1087.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out It was just as cold in Punta Arenas as aboard the ship! Did some great birding in the company of some great birders. Raptors everywhere: Caracaras, buzzard eagles, condors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/ffccc7e1-a22d-4f68-8374-0c69161bd9fe/IMG_1123.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Rhea crossing. Photo courtesy of our filmmaker, Kevin Schreck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/cade7f9a-a9cd-4ba8-b3f3-a7673fc06a3b/IMG_1127.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Driving to the airport we pulled over to get a view of the brightest rainbow I’ve ever seen! So bright it’s reflecting in the ice of the pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/5aa5a7e8-8611-4cdc-bbe7-c1aa318c92b4/IMG_1133.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/a91b5f49-5c06-47cb-b6ce-d6026a66c0a2/IMG_1140.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Flight home over Patagonia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598f2c33be42d6a167301a6f/c08f91d4-20a8-447e-b617-568b479fead9/IMG_1152.JPG South Georgia - Make it stand out Volcanoes in Puerto Montt