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Update: the project is fully funded!
Thank you to all of our backers! We are now fully funded, thanks to generous donations from family, friends, colleagues, and some fellow science enthusiasts that found this project interesting.The ...
Things that go bump in the night
All of the photos I've posted so far have been from the tracking we do during the daytime. However, we track around the clock, 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Fence lizards (at least those in South C...
Looking for Lizards, Searching for Sceloporus
I’ve mentioned before that we use a method called “radio telemetry” to track the fence lizards in our study. For info about how that method works, I refer you to what I’ve written in the Methods se...
Lizards are nesting!
I thought I'd share a few pictures of a lizard that nested today. Fair warning, this post does include a closeup view of an egg coming out of a lizard's cloaca. It's nothing too graphic because it'...
Introducing Michael Carlo
Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down. And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became a grad student in his 30s l...
We are already facing consequences of rapid climate change
I want to step away from this project for a moment to address an issue that extends beyond the scientific community: human-driven climate change. Often, the consequences of climate change are spoke...
Pop quiz!
Is the animal in the picture below a snake or a lizard?Think you know? Can you explain your answer? Want to know how to tell the difference? Scroll down past the image for the answer, as well as ph...
A brief introduction to the Eastern fence lizard
(photo by Michael Carlo)The Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) is a North American spiny lizard that can be found ranging along the east coast of the United States from cen...
Introducing Martin!
What better way to start our lab notes than with an introduction to the research assistant your donations will support? This is Martin, geared up with telemetry equipment to track fence lizards at...