A day late for National Fossil Day, but here's a new publication on some fossil salamanders! Did you know we used to have TIGER salamanders all across Central Texas? Why did they dissappear? Read on to see what we think happened and what that may mean for future salamanders of Texas.

Happy WORLD LIZARD DAY! There are over 7,000 species of lizards in the world! Each represents a monument showcasing the magnificent diversity of life on earth. Here are some nice photos I took of two.

Central Texas flooding: Kerr County has had multiple fatalities. There were a lot of people camping along the Guadalupe River. Children’s summer camps have been flooded. They had inadequate warnings, and a warning system was not in place that would let people know ahead of time. 1/2

Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.

Teachers of #Texas, we're headed your way! We are partnering with Texas A&M College of Education & Human Development to offer a free climate change workshop on April 4-5 in College Station. Please join us! There is still time to register - forms.gle/Axkv8UW7CNNq... #EduSky #TeacherSky #TeachClimate

A mammoth circus of macabre fantasy and moral bankruptcy. I got my views on mammoths down. Enjoy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Amphibian migration season is coming this spring. Remember to drive slow!

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

"Faculty and students are experiencing profound disruption and distress, which starkly contrasts with the arrogant posture and detached demeanor of those perpetrating this harm." www.texasobserver.org/censorship-u... (Dec)

Congrats to my student Rebecca Clemons and UT Post-doc Chase Smith.Here they drill down on aspects of the frog immune system control that we think might be important in the frog-Bd system. More on this to come! 🐸🧬🦠🧫🧪

Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n

Happy New Year Everyone! ICYMI... Our lab is hiring for two positions, a post-doc to work on immune mechanisms of pathogen resistance and a lab technician Deadline is Feb 1 and descriptions of both positions are below or at zamudiolab.org Please help spread the word!

Former preprint now reviewed through PCI Palaeo & published at PCJ: peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.... This is a response to Lichtig & Lucas (2017), who proposed two simple shell measurements (doming & plastral width) can differentiate (& predict) aquatic/terrestrial ecologies in turtles.

doi.org/10.1002/jmor... New paper! With @markscherz.bsky.social, Alex Hall, and Dr. Frank Glaw. We looked at convergent evolution in boas across Madagascar and South America. Message me for the PDF if you are stuck behind paywall!

Do you teach 2D geometric morphometrics in your undergrad labs? I would be grateful for any materials you are willing to share. I am co-teaching a new course this spring on the evolution of form & function in calcifying marine animals & hope to have students generate an empirical morphospace.

#sedaDNA , beavers and their ecological role. Ancient sedimentary DNA shows more than 5000 years of continuous beaver occupancy in Grand Teton National Park www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hi everyone - just a reminder that when there’s a big earthquake in your region, it is really helpful to earthquake scientists if you fill our the “Did You Feel It” report on the USGS earthquake event page - even if it was just mild shaking or you didn’t feel it all - all the data is helpful! 🧪⚒️

Earlier this year, we published gatoRs - an R package to streamline occurrence record downloading from iDigBio and GBIF: doi.org/10.1002/aps3... This work was led by undergrad Natalie Patten - so proud of her and what this paper turned out to be (1/n)

Eyes bigger than the stomach (or throat). A cautionary tale just in time for Thanksgiving.

“…species-level diversity is likely underestimated by both elements, with ~30-40% of species pairs showing no significant differences in shape...” academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

Do you love talking about tomography as much as I do? I made a starter pack full of people who use CT to do their science!! Let me know if you want to join in on the tomography talk! Other 3D imaging modalities also welcome ☢️🩻👩‍🔬 go.bsky.app/VjBpAAy

My PhD student Guilherme Hermanson & I have a new paper out today in Ecology & Evolution! 🐢🤩 We think the morphologically conservative body plan of turtles can in part be explained by allometric constraints imposed by the shell. Thread 👇 for some highlights onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Abstracts for #TAS128 our 2025 Annual Meeting in Waco, Texas, Feb 28-March 2 are due Friday, Nov 15! www.texasacademyofscience.org/2025-meeting Don't miss out!

Here is a list of labs in #ecology and #evolution who are recruiting graduate students for next year: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... PIs looking to recruit can enter information here: t.co/Fn1LRAA5Ip I believe this list is thanks to @drcarl.bsky.social #evosky #ecoevo #evolbio #AcademicJobs

Hey want to see something nice? Here's an email I got from a teacher today who used @skypeascientist.bsky.social. Excellent work, @davidtledesma.bsky.social!