For the torts!🐢 Represented by our team at WELC, advocates at @wildearthguardians.bsky.social @westernwatersheds.bsky.social @deserttortoise.bsky.social @tucsonherps.bsky.social are challenging the USFWS in fed court for denying the Sonoran desert tortoise ESA protections: bit.ly/SonoranTortoise

Wildlife groups’ legal challenge: Feds hanging imperiled Sonoran desert tortoise out to dry - Western Environmental Law Center

Today, wildlife advocates challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in federal court for denying Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the Sonoran desert tortoise in 2022. The Des...

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This Monday at 7pm MST Dr. Stacey Weiss will present, Egg Protection in the Absence of Parental Care: The gut and reproductive micro-biome of Sceloporus lizards and its role in providing anti-fungal protection to eggs. To attend in person or virtually, click on the link in our bio

A link to some rad snake developments so far this year! #yearofthesnake2025 @snakeweek.bsky.social @iucn-snake.bsky.social #snakeweek2025

Year of the Snake: a serpent selection to celebrate Lunar New Year!

Enjoy some of our favourite snake research from across our journals.

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Happy Lunar New Year! 2025 is Year of the Snake! THS is excited about sharing great content and programming with @snakeweek.bsky.social as the year progresses. Stay tuned!

Snake Week@snakeweek.bsky.social · 2y ago

At the Hutchinson Zoo our visitors get the inspiring experience of getting to view many Kansas native species in our varied habitats. Our mission is "Plains conservation through community engagement, inspiring experiences, and exemplary animal care". #snakeweek #snakeweek2025 📷 Sierra Wood

Snake Week@snakeweek.bsky.social · 2y ago

2025 is the Year of the Snake, where our favorite creature represents renewal and regeneration. The Lunar New Year, which includes Chinese New Year, Seollal in Korea, Tet in Vietnam and more, is one where we can all slither into a new start. #SnakeWeek #SnakeWeek2025

“In the long run, there are no secrets in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.” — Arthur C. Clarke

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Mike Pingleton@somuchpingle.bsky.social · 2y ago

Welcome everyone, and thanks for following - let's build community, let's heal, and not give up. My agenda? 20k photos just sitting on my hard drive is a waste, so I'm gonna share 'em out - mostly nature pix, esp. amphibians and reptiles, but other subjects too. I'm glad you're here.

This is a wild plan to combat cane toads in Australia:

Chris Jolly@ecolojolly.bsky.social · 2y ago

What I currently spend half my time studying! Fighting cane toads with cane toads. www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2024/11...?

THS President, Robert Villa’s take on Dune’s Sand Worms and Sonoran Desert Toads with @themadstone.bsky.social

What trippy worm ooze can teach us about saving nature

A conversation with a desert conservationist about giant sandworms, toad tripping, and more.

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A New Take on Natural Selection

Through a mix of fieldwork and laboratory experimentation, Yale Professor—and newly minted MacArthur Fellow—Martha Muñoz, PhD ’14, is gaining insight into how species’ behavior and physical traits sha...

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First post here. I’ll unpack our new paper @science.org highlighting the loss of old animals and calling for ‘longevity conservation’ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Loss of Earth’s old, wise, and large animals

Earth’s old animals are in decline. Despite this, emerging research is revealing the vital contributions of older individuals to cultural transmission, population dynamics, and ecosystem processes and...

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Happy 165th birthday for the publication of The Origin of Species, and people thinking deeply about evolutionary trees. Darwin's notebook entry about phylogenesis, show here, is older, at 187 years, and became the basis for the only figure originally published in The Origin.

Just finished touring our new docents through the collections. On the floor, the museum uses our specimens at every turn.

Here’s my most recent essay on why natural history matters (more available on the publications page of my website). static1.squarespace.com/static/5186a...