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Fieldwork on Kauai

Posted on 18 November 2019 by Luke Campillo — No Comments ↓

Luke recently returned from conducting fieldwork in the upper reaches of the island of Kauai. Here, in some of the last remaining intact Hawaiian forests, native birds actually outnumber introduced birds! Seen here is ‘anianiau, a Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to…

Fieldwork on Oahu’s offshore islets!

Posted on 13 November 2019 by Val Alvarez — No Comments ↓

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

Field work

Posted on 30 June 2019 by bob — No Comments ↓

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…

Evolution 2019!

Posted on 19 June 2019 by van — No Comments ↓

Several members of the Thomson Lab will be in Providence, Rhode Island June 21-25 for this year’s Evolution meeting. If you’re around, please come say hi and check out our talks and posters! Sat, June 22 Population genomics of an…