Blog Archives

New fellowship for Val

Posted on 7 October 2022 by bob

Val recently received a fellowship from the American Association of University Women to support her PhD work. See the UH news release about this here.

Posted in herps, research, UH

Whiptails featured in Science

Posted on 12 August 2022 by bob

Our latest paper on the evolutionary history of whiptails is out now in Science. Check it out here.

Posted in genomics, herps, phylogenetics, research

Van’s latest talk

Posted on 18 May 2020 by van

Take 5 minutes and check out Van’s latest talk at the Zoology mini-symposium!

Posted in conferences, genomics, herps, research, UH

Field work on Lanai.

Posted on 18 February 2020 by bob

I’m just back from some field work on Lana’i. Lots of lizards, beautiful landscapes, a dead sperm whale, and more aloha than I’ve experienced in a long time. Photos below!

Posted in conservation, herps, Natural History, research, travel

Fieldwork on Oahu’s offshore islets!

Posted on 13 November 2019 by Val Alvarez

Val is conducting herpetological surveys on Oahu’s windward offshore islets and is also sampling two species of lizard to gain insight into introduction rates and population structure.

Posted in herps, Natural History, research, travel

JMIH 2019

Posted on 26 July 2019 by bob

Some of us will be in Snowbird, Utah July 24-28 for the 2019 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. If you’re around, please come say hi and check out these talks! 26 July – Friday 11:30 am. Sean Harrington, Riley…

Field work

Posted on 30 June 2019 by bob

Anthony and I are just back from some fieldwork in the desert southwest focusing on our new NSF-funded whiptail project. Me, him, and Amber Wright did a big loop through Arizona, New Mexico, and west Texas. He has a nice…

Summer 2018 field work

Posted on 31 August 2018 by bob

Some photos from field work over the last summer. Mojave Desert Southern Mexico

Posted in herps, Natural History, travel

Mojave field work 2017

Posted on 8 June 2017 by bob

Some photos from this year’s trip to the Mojave desert below.

Posted in herps, Natural History, travel

Book review for Thomson et al. 2016

Posted on 4 April 2017 by bob

The first review of the California Herp book has now been published in the Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles journal Herpetological Review. You can check it out here.

Posted in conservation, herps, Natural History