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Kaleo article

Posted on 29 March 2020 by bob

Check out Val’s new article in Kaleo here!

Posted in conservation, Hawaii, Natural History, outreach

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…

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

Article in Kaleo student newspaper by Val

Posted on 23 September 2019 by bob

Val has a new popular article out in the University’s student newspaper Kaleo on bioplastics. Check it out here.

Posted in conservation, Natural History, outreach, UH

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.…

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