Dear science friends,
Have any of you had any experience using a liquid nitrogen dry shipper to bring blood/tissue sample tubes back from international field work? If so, do you have any recommendations for a certain product? What was your experience with airlines/TSA/customs like?
Thanks!
Ancient cities as biodiversity havens around the world. ๐๏ธ๐ฑ
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Some cool urban lizard research presented by wonderful Brock Lab grad students at #SICB2026! Check them out on Tuesday ๐ฆ ๐
Thank you!
Read his blog https://iobopen.com/2025/03/09/in-awe-of-a-serpent/ watch his author YouTube https://youtu.be/wuCPFkj4e5M?si=nqMvt2ZhmShCDTIG
Congrats Tucker Heptinstall - 1st ever winner of the IOB Best Student Paper winner! @doc-brock.bsky.social lab
see his science & amazing photos via
tuckerheptinstall.weebly.com
&
read his co authored paper
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
& watch his thank you YouTube
youtu.be/n6sszCzChuA
#herpetology
WOOOOOOO! Huge thank you to SICB and all of my collaborators on this project!
Snow capped mountains over a grassland in Rocky Mountains national park.
Large bull elk staring at the camera
Large buck mule deer in front of a snowy backdrop
Stellars Jay perched on a tree
Winter trips to Colorado for views and wildlife >> Working on my growing stack of projects and manuscripts โฐ๏ธ
๐งช๐ I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!
Funded Master's position in Rattlesnake Biology at Cal Poly SLO
jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
Please share!
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I am recruiting a postdoc to join the lab in summer/fall 2026! This is a fully funded, 2-year position. Please share with your networks!
Application details: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Photo is of a rattlesnake I found on campus today (in Dec!)...
Two side-blotched lizards in Tuckerโs hands.
Lookโit what my student @hippieherper.bsky.social found under a rock in Juniper Canyon.
Two Side-blotched lizards he caught with one hand! โ๐ผ #UrbanHerping
A red diamond rattlesnake sits coiled in a defensive striking position amidst brown grass
Hard to beat a San Diego ruber ๐
@hippieherper.bsky.social 's summer SICB zoom is coming up!
Join us by emailing sicbmedia@sicb.org
tuckerheptinstall.weebly.com/about.html
has studied the #evolution and #ecology of garter #snakes. His broad interests include #herpetology, #ecology, #evolution, and above all else, #conservation.
Thanks Sam!! Looking forward to rambling about snakes. ๐
The Cyclades 2025 field season crew at Roof Garden Bar in front of the Acropolis at night: Tucker, Rory, Doc, Paco, Sam
Our last night in Greece together as the whole gang. Iโm grateful to all of these students for spending this time together in nature. Itโs a wild thing to live your dream! โ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ท
Weโre in there somewhere enjoying the waterfall view
Enjoying the waterfall
Sunset. Til next time Naxos ๐
Our last hike of the 2025 Cycladic field season through the hills of Naxos. Hundreds of miles and 160 snakes. A memorable first summer as PI. ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ท
Be sure to reserve a spot for our July IOB author - @hippieherper.bsky.social โs
zoom talk
#herpetologist #science #biologist #snakes #reptiles
Crotalology (RATTLESNAKES) w/ @emilytaylorscience.com is up! ๐๐
Rattles. Fangs. Misconceptions!
Boggling stats, hiking advice, dog training, antivenom, first-aid flim-flam, free relocation & changing sentiments. Also: who gets bitten the most? Might surprise you.
www.alieward.com/ologies/crot...
Large yellow and black striped Elaphe quatuorlineata on rocks.
Juvenile E. quatuorlineata sporting its grey and black striped pattern
Solid black (melanistic) Natrix natrix
Small male viper on a rock, with contrasting blue sky background
Adding in some diversity ๐
Thank you!
The attitude of these snakes certainly has them punching out of their weight class.
Grey Vipera ammodytes peers at the camera
Large grey and black vipera ammodytes sits on brown rocks
Grey and brown splotched cat eyed snake sits in a tree branch with the sky and mountain behind it
Vipera ammodytes showing off its horned nose looking directly at the camera
Canโt stop, Addicted to the shindig (catching snakes)
The gang. Rory, Steve, Paco, Tucker, me, and Emily. At the shore of Koufonissi looking out at Keros. ๐
40 snakes from ฮฮฟฯ ฯฮฟฮฝฮฎฯฮน and we ainโt done yet! #VipersAndVines2025 ๐ ๐
New paper! Italian wall lizards have been introduced to urban areas across the world and do very well around humans.๐ฆ from a source population that has evolved with humans for millennia are more bold than ๐ฆ from nearby rural areas. Priming them for success in cities?
academic.oup.com/jue/article/...
Grey and brown viper close up
Tan and brown viper close up
A top down view of a striking black and grey viper
A top down view of a brown and grey viper
I hope you all love V. ammodytes as much as I do.
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
A small horn nosed viper being held my snake tongs with a cliff and ocean view in the background
A viper sits on a lichen colored rock with a wide view look at the Cyclades in the background
Keep em coming
Black and gray nose-horned viper sits in front of rock.
Brown phase viper sits hidden in a rocky crevice.
Drooling.
Tucker holding a small viper in a tube
An up close shot of a viperโs head in a tube
The old castle on top of a hill where he caught his first viper
Thousands of rocks flipped, dozens of miles walked, and finally we got one. Congrats to @hippieherper.bsky.social iโm catching his first Viper! Off the walls of an ancient castle, no less! ๐ ๐ฌ๐ท
Vipera ammodytes โ Irakleia ๐๏ธ
The gate of Apollo at sunset
Sand boa close-up
Sand boa on a hill side overlooking lower farmland and water
Small village in the fog on Naxos
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Tucker @hippieherper with an Elaphe quatorlineata
12 bags of snakes ๐ !
3 days, 20 snakes! ๐ ฮ ฮฌฮผฮต!
Our first Four-lined Snake (Elaphe quatorlineata) from Moni, Naxos ๐ฌ๐ท
