Fieldwork this weekend but I still found an Easter egg!

Happy spring! Here is a troubling comic

Faculty, we'd love for you to add your info if you will be recruiting grad students for 2024 or postdocs any time! Prospective students and postdocs, keep checking back in the next few weeks, as more labs get added to the list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… ASIH HerpetologistsLeague

Just a good mom and her tiny baby #Rattlesnake #reptiles

i might be physically here but mentally i’m catching oak toads

Every year I give my students an assignment where they can blend their creativity with any topic covered in class. Many students make memes, and the memes for my wildlife data collection and analysis course this year are on point. Get ready for nerdy population modeling memes! 🧵

It's a good day when you see a siren. It's an even better day when you see two!

sorry WHAT.

A busy week in the lab with two excellent MS defenses! First up was Mariah Mack (They/Them) with their work on hydroperiod and predation risk in smallmouth #salamanders.

Second up was Jessica Sandoval with her study on the drivers of facultative paedomorphosis in mole #salamanders

"stop rooting for the orcas ramming boats" did a boat write this?

That's a lovely mesocosm experiment you've got there...be a shame if something were to...happen to it #cattletanks #oviposition #amphibian #frog #eggbomb #herpetology

Have you ever wondered how hydroperiod affects fall breeding in ambystomatid salamanders? Read this new paper by Tom Anderson, Jessica Sandoval, and Mariah Mack (They/Them). DOI link: doi.org/10.1643/h20220… 50-day free access link: ichthyologyandherpetology.org/ihbjbc/wrh2022…

JOB: State Herpetologist for Washington Our state is creating a 2nd State Herpetologist position for our many amphibians & reptiles in need Great job at a great agency & with many great salamanders, frogs, lizards, snakes, & turtles 🐢🐸🦎🐍 governmentjobs.com/careers/washin…

JOB: Pond Biodiversity Tech ($3,376-$4,497) On my team & with Jessica Sandoval! Help us study birds, amphibians, & beaver in urban & natural ponds in Washington 🐸🦫🐦🦢 #UrbanConservation #UrbanEcology governmentjobs.com/careers/washin…

I have salamanders on the brain! Did you know that some salamanders mamas, like the Ensatina, stay with their eggs until after they hatch? Look at these pics of two mamas found under a board in Monterey Co., Calif. 📷 Joe Garcia on CaliforniaHerps.com

Checking in from your local stormwater pond

Trash flip of the day: 8 newly metamorphosed long-toed salamanders under some computer parts

While it feels like silly to promote papers while the world burns, it is a exciting to see the first MS student thesis published from the lab! Jessica Sandoval examined factors influencing paedomorphosis in mole #salamanders esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…