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The #CityNatureChallenge starts tomorrow! Go make as many iNaturalist observations as you can from Friday to Monday. Last year the #InlandEmpire topped the list of notable finds with a rare fungus observation. What will we find this year? #CommunityScience #CitizenScience

Checking pitfall traps today at Boyd Deep Canyon with #Herpetology students. We found more mammal species than herps 😂, but a beautiful day in the desert. Lots of #CityNatureChallenge observations!

Read about BREE Lab member Daisy’s research in the new #CSUSB grad student research blog! She is looking at how urbanization affects #lizard morphology and performance. 🦎🏃‍♀️tinyurl.com/27usuudb

Congrats to Elmer for successfully proposing his thesis today! He has worked so hard on this project and it’s been a pleasure to see him grow into an excellent field biologist over the years. 🌲🦎🔥

Our TREE paper on leveraging #ArtificialIntelligence to improve evidence synthesis in #conservation is now out! It’s been an honor to be part of this esteemed group of 🌎 international researchers. authors.elsevier.com/a/1j8oNcZ3X04qM

Do you have HOBO temp/humidity data loggers we can borrow for a study on lizard ecophysiology in urban areas? Please let us know 🙏🙏🙏 and spread the word!

I’m excited to announce the successful thesis defenses of Elmer and Emily - the first BREE Lab students to attain their masters degree! It’s been an honor to share our journeys at CSUSB together.

I’m featured in the CSULB newspaper Long Beach Current! I’m excited to start working with LB students on reptile biology! lbcurrent.com/artslife/2025/…

The major find on our first Cal State Long Beach Herpetology field trip - a cute 🥰 CA King Snake 🐍 . Every student had to hold it! #LearnByDoing #OvercomingFears #SnekFriends

My favorite #lizard profiled in the LA Times with commentary by yours truly! Just in time for the #CityNatureChallenge! latimes.com/environment/st…

We had a crazy week catching and processing hundreds of lizards from 11 SoCal colleges for our Cool Lizards in the City project! We are seeing if irrigation impacts animal hydration…will urban lizards be less dehydrated? With Emily Taylor and Kinsey Brock. Stay tuned!

The Long Beach Current made a video of our urban lizard research highlighting student involvement on campus! We are studying the impact of irrigation on animal hydration 💦🦎. Check it out: youtu.be/REnrrAi-0vg?fe…

I’m in downtown Long Beach for the Global Sustainable Insurance Summit speaking about wildfires🔥, biodiversity 🌎, and INSURANCE 📈!!! A great networking and outreach opportunity along the beautiful bay!

Our article is finally published in The American Biology Teacher on ways to use animal behavior data from iNaturalist photos in college classes. doi.org/10.1525/abt.20…

Im honored to have co-mentored Julian as part of the research training program (UNLAB) at Natural History Museum of L.A. County. He presented his work at the end-of-year symposium in the new museum Commons and his talk was EXCELLENT! Congrats on all the hard work.

Excited to be back in #CostaRica - this time at the beautiful Palo Verde wetlands - for the Tropical Studies Tropical Biology course. I’m working with students on spiny-tailed iguana research. 🦎🌴😎

Major #rattlesnake find on last night’s Herp walk 🐍🙌. Crotalus simus in the dry tropical forest.

Team #Ctenosaura absolutely crushed it! I’m so impressed with them on conceptualizing a study, collecting and analyzing data, presenting results and writing a research report in just a couple of days (& thanks to the lizards of course). Congrats team!