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Daniel F. Hughes, Ph.D.
News
New species paper covered in the Miami Herald, twice!
2024
Second species covered in the Herald,
2024
Interviewed on NPR's Talk of Iowa about turtle personality
2023
Turtles personality study covered in The Gazette
2023
Dogs help find turtles covered in The Gazette
2022
Cedar Lake biodiversity project covered in The Gazette
2021
Assistant Professor of Biology at Coe College
2020
Rea Postdoctoral Fellowship at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
2019
Media Coverage
Many news articles covered my article on quantifying vertebrates in prepackaged produce
July 2019
Cover Page
The news about my article made the cover page at the University of Illinois
11 July 2019
Most Downloaded
paper on Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution website!
2 April 2018
Winner of best poster award at JMIH in Austin, TX
14 July 2017
Most Read
paper on Zoological J Linnean Society website!
21 June 2017
FEATURED
Video on "Integrating Ethics" into reseach from UTEP
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News coverage on our
Zoological J Linnean Society paper
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Online Newsletter
Student Spotlight
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New 2017 article on UTEP homepage
"QUOTED"
Weird Animal Question:
What color would a chameleon in a room full of mirrors be?
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Online Newsletter
Student Spotlight
2016 PAPER
New Paper
Rescuing neuroanatomical data
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Various News Outlets with Coverage on our
PLoS paper
April 2016
New Paper
Pond use of aquatic turtles
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Photograph selected for
student calendar 2017
Herpetologists' League
FEATURED
Photograph selected for
student calendar 2017
Herpetologists' League
CROWD FUNDING
GoFundMe website for my 2015 expedition to Uganda
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Photograph selected for
student calendar 2015
Herpetologists' League
FEATURED
YouTube video: Snake research at Chincoteague Bay Field Station, Virginia
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