Richard Lehtinen

Just a few days ago, a paper came out in the journal Phyllomedusa by myself and former student Andrew Georgiadis (COW class of 2011). This paper, based in part on Andrew’s undergraduate thesis, describes pa […]

The last few days I’ve been at the 1st Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology being held in Ottawa, Canada. I’ve heard some amazing talks from the likes of Peter and Rosemary Grant, Dolph Schluter and Jonathon […]

A recent paper by Hedges and Conn, investigated the known skinks from the Caribbean region using morphological and molecular data. This is the first comprehensive attempt to understand the diversity of these […]

Hi all,

Below is some collected advice and information about our upcoming trip. If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet, please do so soon, while tickets are cheap (and remember to run the itinerary by me […]

In the wake of European exploration and settlement of the New World, waves of infectious disease decimated Native Americans. Exact numbers will never be known but many millions surely died in what was in all […]

The new semester has started at the College of Wooster and invariably some of the new students and faculty are curious about the black squirrels that are common around our campus. So, what’s the deal? Here goes: t […]

I recently returned from a research trip to Trinidad and Tobago. Five undergraduates and myself spent 10 days based out of Charlotteville (Tobago) working on projects on frog ecology, evolution and conservation. […]

I’m putting together a new website. It’s frustrating but hopefully will be worth the time! Enjoy the pictures.