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    Across the animal kingdom, mothers must raise offspring in the face of significant challenges, including limited resources, predation, and disease. A staggering 90% of the red-winged blackbird population of QUBS carries a chronic infection of avian malaria, but the effects of this disease on mothers and their offspring is not well understood. An innovative pilot study by Dr. Bonier’s lab medicated wild moms with antimalarial medication and raised their young in captivity, to elucidate the nature of maternal infection status on offspring fitness. Here, an exhausted hatchling takes a well-deserved rest after successfully breaking free of its egg.
    Submission Year: 
    2017-18
    Photographer's affiliation: 
    Undergraduate student
    Academic areas: 
    Arts and Science
    Art of Research categories: 
    Out in the field
    Photo: 
    A recently hatched bird
    Categories: 
    Undergraduate student
    Faculty of Arts and Science
    Department of Biology
    Ecology, Biodiversity and the Natural Environment
    Protecting the Natural Environment
    Location of photograph: 
    Biosciences Complex, ³ÉÈË´óƬ University
    Photographer's name: 
    Zoe Walter
    Display Photographers Affiltion + Faculty or Department: 
    Undergraduate Student, Biology