1)Students on field trip allowed to sit wherever they like in the van 2)Student X selects very back row 3)Drive on back roads 4)Student X complains about how bumpy it is and therefore how bad a driver I am

May 22 3 pm Pacific / 6 pm Eastern, SSAR’s DEI Committee will host a 1.5-hour virtual event on identifying potential graduate programs and preparing to apply. Interested? Fill out this form, and we will send you a Zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Students trying to get me to create more extra-credit assignments in the final week of the semester

Some flower power while out herping: Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata) were out in full force

Gradebook gets "interesting" when teaching herpetology...

Everything is graded?....EVERYTHING IS GRADED!!!!

This recently shed (skin was a few feet away) black racer was one of five snakes found under four cattle tanks during my annual mesocosm cleanup..."roommates" included another racer and a garter snake, and the following day a racer with a milk snake

Ugh, my students are discovering 80's music and dress...but here's one thing I can totally get behind (found abandoned in lab after spring Intro Eco Evo)

It turns out...Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth! nature.com/articles/s4155… Their serrations and tips pop into the mouth with an orange hue. Using different techniques, we show that these iconic lizards have special iron-rich coatings on each tooth, keeping them razor sharp!

Looking for a non-organismal analogy to help students create/interpret phylogenies...how about filled pastas?link.springer.com/article/10.100…

When it's August and not one of your grad student's spotted salamander larvae has metamorphosed...

48 hours ago: Enjoying sunset at Heintooga Overlook, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Today: Collecting statements sent from 8-10 separate administrative offices in the last 48 hours to include in syllabi for Monday classes. Dislike.

Our new SPARCnet study led by USGS colleagues found, like other studies, that redback salamanders have a higher biomass in eastern forests even more than white tailed deer. Virginia is the redback salamander captial of the world! royalsocietypublishing.org/.../10.../rsbl…

We finally have our first metamorphs! Thanks to all for the collective shaming of our larval populations, which assuredly prompted them to speed things up a bit...#herpetology #salamander #amphibian #ambystoma

#Amphibian field/lab tech position at Memphis Zoo opened for applications! 🐸👩‍🔬🔬☀️ Come work with Anne Sabol, PhD & me! SSAR ASIH HerpetologistsLeague herpetALLogy The Zoo Scientist Midwest PARC Southeast PARC The Wildlife Society Minorities In Aquarium and Zoo Science Conservation Jobs 🌍 Conservation Jobs

When one of your #herpetology students swears to you that their uncle regularly finds venomous snakes 30% larger than known maxima and 200 miles outside the known range of the species...but no pictures

Now accepting applications for our 2024 Small Grant Program! We are seeking to fund graduate student #research projects that focus on the #conservation or management of #reptiles and #amphibians in the southeastern U.S. oriannesociety.org/science-initia… Apply by 5pm EST, 22 Nov 2024.

Getting asked to serve on yet another committee

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…