Hello :) Aurora here.         So I have have always had an interest in science, especially wildlife science! I saw this internship as a great opportunity to get some real hands-on experience in what I hope to make as my career job in the future. Well, I need to give my mom a lot of credit for getting me started. And I can't thank her enough!! I have had a blast out in the Pariette Wetlands, gathering all kinds of information. It turns out I am pretty good at finding nests on land, even in places not commonly labeled as nesting areas. I have really enjoyed working with Colleen Jones, my mentor, Trevor O'Neil, Lisa Boyd, the analyzer  and on occasion Rouger, the eager and energetic nest finding bird dog. I have so much to say but for now it will have to wait another day.

Alright. lets do this.
    Introductions.
I'm Justin. I recently graduated high school and I'm working with Dr.'s Shana Geffeney, Charles Hanifin, and Becky Williams in a biology lab run by Utah State University. Over the course of the summer I'll be doing some work on the blue ringed octopus, H. lunalata.
   These octopuses have an extremely lethal neurotoxin, so my research will be focused around studying how certain tissues work genetically, and how they differ from other animals that are much less resistant to the tetrodotoxin blue rings produce. And so, yeah. That's my introduction.
And that's me.