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Here at
Malone College we place a high value in both
teaching and research. Our students are involved with many
research
projects including, but not limited to, the following:
- Conservation biology of the
Haitian boas, Epicrates
striatus fosteri using mtDNA
- Geographic variation of the
Indonesian freckled python, Liasis
mackloti, based on molecular,
morphological, and behavioral characters.
- Phylogeography of the
eastern milksnake (Lampropeltis
triangulum) throughout its
current known range in the United States.
- Chemosensory underwater prey
foraging in the crocodilians: A comparative study.
- Ontogenetic shifts in
crocodilian foraging.
- Feeding and habitat ecology
of great horned owl neonates
- Caudal luring in
dumeril’s boas in response to varying levels of satiation
- Maternal and paternal
recognition by confamilial neonates of olive pythons, Liasis
olivaceus
- Masking behavior in female
olive pythons, Liasis olivaceus,
prior to courtship
- Behavioral ecology of the
eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Sistrurus
catenatus, in Trumbull
County, Ohio
- Sensory mechanisms used
during foraging in the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Sistrurus
catenatus
- Effect of full-spectrum
lighting on the growth rates of diurnal active snakes
- Object recognition in the
double-yellow headed amazon parrot
- Maternal and paternal
recognition of neonate sugar gliders
- Characterization of a
potential relictual population of six-lined racerunner, Cnemidophorus
sexilineatus, in Michigan
- Courtship of the uromastyx (Uromastyx
maliensis)
Many more
research opportunities exist (and with a
diversity of different species) through the Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo.
The Zoo Biology major will generate a research proposal including the
experimental design and hypotheses/predictions to be tested.
Once a
research proposal has been approved by Malone College and the Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo, the student will then commence on data collection, data
analysis, and in the end will present both an oral and written report
of findings. In many cases, the paper is robust enough to be
published
in a journal and the presentations can be made at scientific symposia.
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