I'm reading "The Life And Times Of The Murray Cod" by Paul Humphries. I'm having trouble keeping track of all the rivers so I've drawn the Murray Darling Basin like a train map.

Senior Lecturer in #HumanGeography external-jobs.csu.edu.au/cw/en/job/4973… Please RT

I am giving two back to back talks today at #wch10! 3pm: Rattlesnakes resilient to climate change 3:15pm: Snake translocation in the US

#WCH10 delegates! We are looking for folks who do snake outreach/education programs in Brasil, Iran, north and east Africa, China, and Japan, to participate in this study. Please share!

Museum specimens are a wealth of knowledge, and morphologists know how to use it! Emma Sherratt plenary World Congress of Herpetology #WCH24

I also have a poster up today about the decline of P. bibronii/P. dendyi in the upland areas of Australia. Come find me to chat about it! #WCH10

What to know more about #turtle social behaviour? Come see talk today at 1215. #WCH10

Great talk by Donald McKnight on social behaviors in #turtles! If you missed it, don't worry, he's always happy to talk turtles and you can follow the #savannafieldstation on twitter, insta, and Facebook to keep up with the work! #hicatee #savethehicatee #freshwaterturtles

We're hiring staff to work on Desert Tortoise head-starting in the Mojave National Preserve. Duties include radio-telemetry and husbandry. Experience with the species is preferred, but you will receive training for permitting. Please help share this ad: toddlab.ucdavis.edu/opportunities.…

Great to see deborah bower 🐢 🌈 🐸 talking about #turtle research and #conservation in #australia. #wch10

Someone told me "You've shattered the image I have of them as cute and adorable". This is a 6 month old. While most of the times he's a playful cub, when it comes to food, he already showed signs of why #PolarBears are the largest land carnivores and marine mammals.

The new National Science and Research Priorities are up. The priorities are: -transitioning to a net zero future -supporting healthy and thriving communities -elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders knowledge systems -protecting and restoring Australia’s environment

New paper on rattlesnake thermal ecology by Haley Moniz, Ph.D., Jack Buck, Scott Boback, Hayley Layne Crowell 🐍🦎☀️, Scott Goetz, Trevor Ruiz, and me in J Thermal Biology. Free link for 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jbES15hXuG9…

Does anyone have a side by side comparison picture of Painted Turtle and Red-eared Slider eggs? 🐢 🥚🐢🥚 Left: Painted Turtle Right: Red-eared Slider

#DECRA #DE25 announcement: ❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2025! See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Dow… /bot

Begs the question again... why put time into grant reviews?

The total inability of virtually ANY institution to admit mistakes/faults because of how it affects perceptions and/or liabilities is one of the great tragedies of modern society. We all know that nobody is infallible. Collections of people especially so.

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Virginia Tech Invasive Species Collaborative @VT is hiring three faculty working on invasive species economics, genetics, and ecology. More positions to come later. These are not in my department (Biol Sci), but in other departments we work closely with. Please apply and/or share! Links in thread.

The gamification of society here always seems so at odds with the tall poppy culture