[Research highlight] Using a landscape genomics approach, LKCNHM’s herpetologist, Chan Kin Onn elucidates the drivers of diversification in Malaysian torrent frogs by studying the interaction between genes and the environment. Paper out in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: doi.org/10.1093/zoolin…

New adidas shoes w iridescent reflective material inspired by snakes! complex.com/sneakers/2014/… HT:Bill Hsiung

Thanks to SSAR SSAR2015 and local KU hosts for a great meeting! I had a blast. #SSAR2015

Pretty productive post #SSAR2015 herping with Dr Mark D. Scherz

The octopus genome and the evolution of cephalopod neural and morphological novelties go.nature.com/OHufw6

Tads are rad

Everything flies in Asia. Ptychozoon kuhlii

Perks of upland research instagram.com/p/6qfydoJ87t/

Paper by Mark T. Holder, Mike Steel and me is up: Inconsistency of tree estimation when gaps are treated as missing data authors.elsevier.com/a/1RbGe3m3nMhj…

Workshop in Barcelona on "phytools" R package taught by Liam Revell. Organized by Transmitting Science | Online courses and more. #evolution transmittingscience.org/courses/evol/p…

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New Genus of Asian Tree #Toad from Southeast Asia! Awesome stuff Chan Kin Onn et al! bit.ly/1OGzX7P

Inner Fish Thought of the Day: Structures we use to talk and hear with are gill structures in fish and sharks.

bsse.ethz.ch/cevo/taming-th… Anyone??

Uma notata@borrego instagram.com/p/BBygV_Lp87Y/

Fringe toed lizard (Uma notata)

Mandatory pre-workshop Mexican food. This years DRR features 3 undergrads from KU instagram.com/p/BByiD2Fp8_E/

The future of photography instagram.com/p/BBy9kEbJ80M/

Another highly successful DRR workshop with a bunch of ultra smart and talented undergraduates instagram.com/p/BBy-1OVJ81k/

You can't protect it if it doesn't have a name. Proof that #TaxonomyMatters, especially at the subspecies level. x.com/nytimes/status…