I’ve spent the last two months working in a new desk (and new zip code) and have yet to update you all. Sorry! Surprise, I’m spending this year in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, working with Dr. Jonathan Losos. The goal is to think more about evolution in my Greek lizards. As you … More Lizards at Harvard
This Fall, one of my big data-driven dissertation chapters was published in Functional Ecology. The paper is called “Feed or Fight: Testing the impact of food availability and intraspecific aggression on the functional ecology of an island lizard.” Long story short: we found that lizards on small islands were larger than lizards on big islands. … More Lizards on small islands bite harder than lizards on big islands… and why!
Hi Everyone, It’s been a long time since my last post because I’ve been spending all of my blog-time allowance on designing a completely new website. Well, hours and hours later, I’m not happy with version 2.0 so I’ve added some new pages to 1.0 and I think I’m going to reinvest in the blog for … More Updating the website
This is what happens when you take a few too many waves broadside without a sprayskirt! I will say though, despite the water that kayak got me back to shore through a couple of reef shoals and some pretty big waves. What a good boat! I think the “good to the last drop” shimmy at the end is my … More Pouring out the kayak
Here’s one more lizard video, enjoy!
Here is some more footage of a couple Podarcis running over a tree trunk, again courtesy of Ross.
Well, life got crazy again. I’m prepping for a conference next week in Baltimore, trying to push two papers out the door before September deadlines, sorting out shipping specimens from Greece to CT, trying to make sense of dissertation writing, and putting together post-doc (!) applications. To take my mind off all that for a minute, … More A few videos from Greece
Exciting news! There’s a new lizard species making its way into New England. It is called Podarcis sicula (the Italian Wall Lizard), and it’s officially in Greenwich CT, just over the New York state border. I’ve been down to visit the area half a dozen times now looking to see where the lizards are and in … More Italian Wall Lizards in Connecticut!
Mt. Zas is the tallest mountain on Naxos, and the highest point in the Cyclades. On a clear day you’re supposed to be able to see over two dozen surrounding islands. Well, last week we finally got that clear day. Even luckier, my brother was along with his camera and he snapped these awesome pictures. First … More Islands from Zas
Sorry for the delay in posts. I was working through the data from the island manipulation experiment to share with you, but analysis started getting complicated and then I got busy getting engaged. Hurrah! I’m in the last field research push though so I’m going to try to post several updates over the next two weeks while I’m still in Greece. The first … More Old Maps
Colin Donihue 