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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 Kauai

Posted on 18 November 2019 by Luke Campillo

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…

Posted in genomics, 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

Burgess Shale!

Posted on 12 August 2019 by bob

Becky Chong and I had the chance to visit the Burgess Shale the other day, which has been a career-long dream of mine. It’s an incredible hike high up in the Canadian Rockies with beautiful views and many many fossils.…

Posted in Natural History, 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…

Posted in conferences, herps, travel

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…

Posted in herps, Natural History, research, travel

Evolution 2019 talk videos

Posted on 26 June 2019 by van

In case you missed it, check out videos of Thomson Lab talks from this year’s Evolution meeting (list will be updated as videos are available) The role of geography and climate in the global diversification of turtles Bob Thomson Part…

Posted in lab, travel, Uncategorized

Evolution 2019!

Posted on 19 June 2019 by van

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…

Posted in conferences, lab, phylogenetics, research, travel

Short Course in Phylogenomics

Posted on 15 April 2019 by bob

This fall, Jeremy Brown and I will be offering a short course in Phylogenomics in Valencia, Spain. Registration is open now. More information is available here.