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Website of evolutionary biologist Matthew Herron, Ph.D.

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    • Experimental evolution of multicellularity
    • Evolution of multicellularity in the volvocine algae
    • Adaptive dynamics of genetic assimilation
    • Squirrel phylogenetics and phylogeography
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    • Hawks, eagles, and vultures (Accipitriformes)
    • Waterfowl (Anseriformes)
    • Shorebirds (Charadriiformes)
    • Storks (Ciconiiformes)
    • Kingfishers (Coraciiformes)
    • Cranes, rails, and limpkins (Gruiformes)
    • Herons & allies (Pelecaniformes)
    • Perching birds (Passeriformes)
    • Woodpeckers (Piciformes)
    • Grebes (Podicipediformes)
    • Owls (Strigiformes)
    • Mammals
    • Reptiles and amphibians
    • Arthropods
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Shorebirds (Charadriiformes)

Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) in flight

Caspian tern

Dunlins (Calidris alpina) standing in shallow water, black and white

Dunlins

Sanderling running with wings spread

Sanderling

Dunlins (Calidris alpina) in flight over still water with reflections

Dunlins

Least sandpiper standing in shallow, still water with reflection and vegetation

Least sandpiper

American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) wading in shallow, still water with reflection and a string of water droplets flung from its beak

American avocet

Dunlins (Calidris alpina) in flight

Dunlins

Male ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) walking on sand with light blue background

Ruddy turnstone

Dunlins (Calidris alpina) in flight

Dunlins

Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) in flight with wings spread and a fish in its mouth

Caspian tern

Three dowitchers (Limnodromus sp.) in flight

Dowitchers

Willet (Tringa semipalmata) standing on a wooden railing with orange background

Willet

Three black-bellied plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) in flight (black and white)

Black-bellied plovers

Black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola) in flight (black and white)

Black-bellied plover

Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) in flight with wings spread and a fish in its mouth

Caspian tern

Sanderling (Calidris alba) chasing another sanderling with a mole crab in its beak

Sanderlings

Sanderling (Calidris alba) walking on sand just above a receding wave

Sanderling

Two rng-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) standing in shallow, still water with reflections

Ring-billed gulls

Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) standing on sand with wings raised

Short-billed dowitcher

Two common terns (Sterna hirundo) on sand and in sea foam

Common terns

Two common terns (Sterna hirundo) mating on sand with a receding wave in the background

Common terns

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) flying low abov shallow, still water with reflection

Forster's tern

Common tern (Sterna hirundo) in flight

Common tern

Solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) standing in shallow water with reflection

Solitary sandpiper

Solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) standing in shallow water with reflection and a string of water droplets flung from its beak

Solitary sandpiper

Solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) landing with wings spread, from behind

Solitary sandpiper

Solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) standing in shallow water with plants

Solitary sandpiper

Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) in flight, looking down

Laughing gull

Two American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) wading in shallow, still water with reflections

American avocets

Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) wading in shallow, still water with reflection

Lesser yellowlegs

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) standing on sand with blue background

American oystercatcher

Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) in flight with wings spread

Caspian tern

Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) in flight with wings spread

Caspian tern

Clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) wading in shallow water with grass

Clapper rail

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) in flight

Forster's tern

Common tern (Sterna hirundo) in flight with blue background

Common tern

Forster's tern (Sterna forsteri) in flight

Forster's tern

Two laughing gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla) standing in shallow, still water with reflections

Laughing gulls

Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis) in flight

Ring-billed gull

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