Dr. Cooke, Dr. Alex Wilson (Cooke Lab Post Doc), Jake Brownscombe (Ph.D. Student) and Naomi Pleizier (M.Sc. Student) are conducting research in The Bahamas for several weeks in January. The team are studying the effects of stress on behavioural syndromes, calibrating acoustic accelerometer transmitters implanted in bonefish in a swim tunnel, and studying the behaviour of elasmobranchs.
Dr. Cooke talks to CBC about migratory fishes in Canada (April 2026)
April 12, 2026 1:02 pm
To listen please go to: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/freshwater-migratory-fish-decline-9.7156255
April 3, 2026 6:22 pm
To listen please go to: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5770620/tiny-fish-prove-adept-at-climbing-waterfalls
April 3, 2026 6:20 pm
To hear the interviews about the research see below: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/24/news/yangtze-river-ecological-recovery-fishing-ban...
March 1, 2026 3:47 pm
for full letter please see attached: Alto_Letter_Final_Feb_24
March 1, 2026 3:43 pm
For full PDF of appointment, see below: 2026_Cooke_appointment
