Just finished covering brood parasitism in my behavioral ecology course, and one of my students sends me this...will be using next time around: youtube.com/shorts/bYBzmmQ…

Processing samples from mid-1990's drift fences built for surveys of potential red-cockaded woodpecker habitat. As such, there are herps, inverts, and some rodents in these samples…but a bat?! #museum #mammalogy #herpetology

Hurricane Helene: I BRING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!!! Gravid marbled salamanders:

We couldn't wait until #SalamanderSaturday to share this photo, so #FrostyFriday it is! Things are officially heating up--breeding season is here! This lovely lady was born two years ago at AF as part of our historic captive breeding effort! #StayFrosty

Mabee they understood the assignment. Mabee's salamanders breed in ponds in late winter to early spring. Eggs hatch in 9-14 days, giving rise to larvae w/ gills that live in the water. By April-May, they change & transition to life on land. 📷: 1. Bobby Altman 2. Kevin Hutcheson

FUNDED PHD ALERT: A reminder that I have a funded PhD position available University of Toronto EEB and U of T Environment . See here rollinson.eeb.utoronto.ca/job-opportunit… And for a preview of whats your PhD life could like in our group, check out these videos (thanks Robin Lloyd!). Please circulate widely!

A red-tailed hawk was pursuing a yellow-shafted flicker, and they both just slammed up against my fourth-floor office window. None of my colleagues are around, and I had to tell someone....both flew away seemingly unharmed.

I envision him looking over the various unisexual reptiles and amphibians screaming "WHICH ONES ARE THE MALES!!!"

Heed the herd! It's officially #AmbystomaWeek! That's right: a group of salamanders is sometimes referred to as a "herd", and #AmbystomaWeek2024 kicks off today with this slimy selection of Spotted (Ambystoma maculatum) and Marbled (A. opacum) Salamanders!

If you're experiencing anxiety today, consider taking a walk outdoors...maybe hide under some leaves, ultimately return to your natal pond, become fully aquatic

🚨New Paper 🚨 In his second chapter Brady Parlato examines roles of habitat shading and body size on trophic roles of tadpoles, particularly as they relate to consumptive and non-consumptive effects of tadpole predators link.springer.com/article/10.100…

When the student who has missed the last two exams comes back to take the final:

Out in ME! A new study by Kalki and Todd Pierson presents evidence that a Y-linked genetic polymorphism underlies alternative reproductive tactics in two-lined salamanders. Wiley Ecology & Evolution Kennesaw State University 📷: Todd W. Pierson Read More: buff.ly/3ZKKsoN

Oh, hell(bender) yeah! In an announcement by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the eastern hellbender was proposed to be listed as Endangered throughout its entire range - an important designation, especially in light of recent habitat destruction by Hurricane Helene. 📸: © USFWS

Experiment prep season is here, time to seed mesocosms with zooplankton...grabbed some video in case reviewer #3 ever questions the "concentrated" samples we add (this is ~ 5 mL of the 125 added)

Our new paper published today, providing a detailed description of the #tadpole of Limnonectes bannaensis from Southern #Vietnam

Sounds🎶🐸 of the Andes 🏔️🇪🇨! The result of years of work and an unusual passion! Congratulations, #DiegoBatallas! Open Access: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/137972/ #USFQ_Research 🐉

Male spotted salamander, stomping on all the other males' spermatophores during the breeding season:

If I had to email Elon with my most impactful accomplishments of the past week, this clipart caddisfly would definitely be up there!