Hi folks! After visiting and experiencing the beauty of herpetofauna in Sri Lanka, I am thinking of donating $$$ to help with fieldwork in Sri Lanka. A lot of current work is done by hard-working and extremely dedicated individuals using their personal funds. 🐢🦎🐍🐊🐸 1/2

If you are looking for a postdoc opportunity in disease modelling, here is one from my advisor!

As the mercury rises & forest department staff across a large part of India battle forest fires, I'm reminded of a forgotten memorial stone dedicated to a brave forest officer who died in 1935 dousing the flames engulfing the forests whose protection he was tasked with. This +

How can Deccan plateau states cope with the double challenge of heat waves and water scarcity? Checkout our #newsletter this fortnight #monsoons #waterscarcity #agriculture #climatechange #heatwaves #watermanagement #rainwaterharvesting #groundwater #aquifers

People of Nature Podcast Ep 13 with Sneha - Tales of Turtle Conservation Join Sneha Dharwadkar on her exciting journey working with turtles and hear about her fight against on-field social biases! Listen on SoundCloud: tinyurl.com/236e7bd3 YouTube: youtu.be/XsOm_YkYZ-A

If you are in India and unable to watch John Oliver's latest video, here it is for you. Also check out howtoeatmangoes.com and oppositesnakes.com

Saw the new theme #ontheroad by #indiaves here is my entry with the Himalayan Black bear corssing our path. This is one of the rarest sighting in #Rajaji or even the lower ranges of Himalayan ranges. one from my archives. #wildlife #TwitterNatureCommunity

A Crested hawk eagle was the #OneOnTheRoad when we were working in the Melghat Tiger Reserve back in 2019. #IndiAves

Here is one more entry to #OneOnTheRoad , the Asian elephant from Kaziranga, Assam. #IndiAves

A rock catchment , rain, runoff , a tank , recharge, aquifer , wells , agriculture, drinking water.

Can you find the turtle?

Attn herpetologists! I'm looking for field/lab photos of badass women, BIPoC, queer, and disabled scientists in this field to add to my WCH10 talk to show how "who is a herpetologist" is slowly changing from "media men" like Steve Irwin to badass scientists like Priya Nanjappa.

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My talk at the World Congress of Herpetology is at 5:35 PM today at the Meeting room 14. Come listen to me talk about Ranaviruses in turtles! #WCH10 #WorldCongressofHerpetology #Borneo

Hey herpers (especially #HERpers) at World Congress of Herpetology, let's catch up in you are around in Borneo! Share and retweet so all herpers can see! #WCH10 #Borneo #WorldCongressofHerpetology

We out here at #WCH10! Come see me give a talk on our work surrounding diversity, equity, accessibility, inclusion and harassment issues and how they impact our field Talk is on Wed (7 aug) at 10:15 am during the Changing Community Perceptions of Herpetofauna

It's about time. Do better.

Attend this talk!

#WCH10 I’ll be talking about the evolution of day geckos today in the Indian Ocean island biogeography symposium (5:15 pm, room 3), & Vidisha Kulkarni will be following that with insights into the origins of the Andaman & Nicobar Island geckos! Come, listen in! #HERpers #WCHerp

Indian women in herpetology at World Congress! Love love this group of badasses working in a male dominated field and continuing to push for inclusion 🐍🐢🦎🐸 World Congress of Herpetology anujamital Sneha Dharwadkar (She/Her) Ashwini V Mohan ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ 🦎 (she/her) Udita Bansal #WCH10 #WCH #HERpetology #IndiansinSTEM