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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

Bodega 2017

Posted on 17 March 2017 by bob

I’ve been spending the week teaching in the Bodega Marine Lab for the 2017 Workshop in Applied Phylogenetics. It’s been a fun week of statistics, phylogenies, data analysis, and beautiful weather. This year, Jeremy Brown (@jembrown) and I put together…

Posted in genomics, informatics, phylogenetics, teaching, travel

Desert Oracle

Posted on 2 May 2016 by bob

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

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

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

Mojave Desert Fieldwork

Posted on 8 June 2015 by van

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

Kauai Softshells

Posted on 20 July 2014 by bob

We’ve just returned from our fieldwork in Kauai! Bob and I did a very thorough job surveying the island for suitable habitat and existing populations of P. sinensis and P. steindachneri. In fact, we put 741 miles on the rental…

Posted in herps, travel

Gone herping

Posted on 14 July 2014 by bob

Me, Caroline, and Amber Wright got to Kauai today for a week of field work. Caroline and I are trapping soft shells for one of her masters projects, and Amber is collecting data on lizard abundance and competition. We had…

Posted in herps, travel

Mojave Field Work

Posted on 6 June 2014 by bob

Several of us are just back from a week of fieldwork in the Mojave Desert. A few photos below.

Posted in herps, lab, travel

November Herp Night

Posted on 1 November 2013 by bob

Posted in herps, travel