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Mojave field work 2017

Posted on 8 June 2017 by bob — No Comments ↓

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 — No Comments ↓

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

The book is out!

Posted on 10 October 2016 by bob — No Comments ↓

I’m a little late posting this, but the book is out! The author’s advance copies arrived a couple months ago and UC Press and Amazon are both now shipping copies.

Posted in conservation, herps, Natural History

Desert Oracle

Posted on 2 May 2016 by bob — No Comments ↓

I’ve got an article on the elusive California Gila monster in the Spring 2016 issue of the Desert Oracle. Check it out.

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

September Herp Night

Posted on 21 September 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Exploring species diversity in Southeast Asian Sun Skinks Anthony Barley Thursday September 24, 2015. 3rd Floor Edmondson Hall. Herp night this month will take place 6pm Thursday on the 3rd floor of Edmondson Hall. Anthony Barley will be talking…

Posted in genomics, herps, Natural History, phylogenetics, travel, UH

August Herp Night

Posted on 20 August 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Detangling 40 million years on a life raft; the biogeography of the Fijian Island herpetofauna Robert Fisher I am very happy to welcome Robert Fisher from the San Diego USGS field station as our first herp night speaker of…

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

Everybody loves turtles

Posted on 4 July 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

We were happy to host a visit from the UH Manoa Children’s Center the other day. The class brought by their pet turtle turtle, George, and had some fun interacting with other animals that are around the lab. Two year…

Posted in herps, lab, outreach, UH

Mojave Desert Fieldwork

Posted on 8 June 2015 by Van Wishingrad — 2 Comments ↓

The Mojave Desert is a great place to study reptiles. Besides being a biological hotspot of lizard diversity, it is also a beautiful place to work. Anthony, Bob, Amber Wright, and I just got back from an 11-day field expedition in…

Posted in herps, lab, Natural History, travel

Barley et al (2015) on the Molecular Ecology cover

Posted on 8 April 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Anthony (and co-authors) new paper on Sun Skink landscape genetics is out today on the cover of Molecular Ecology. Way to go Anthony!