More info soon when I’m not typing on my phone and spotty Internet, but I am on Schoinoussa and catching lizards to measure bite force. Yesterday turned into a beautiful day. We got lots of lizard and some good data. Today we set out again! More stories soon.
This is a sand boa, Eryx jaculis, found near the hotel. Yay! (I got better shots but this was just convenient to post from my phone). Non venomous and super docile snake. Really wonderful animal. Don’t worry, we released it right after taking pictures. These guys are on the CITES 1 list. Very fun find.
Hi all. Due to some rain (!?) on Naxos the lizards have hunkered down so I’ve gone to a nearby island to meet up with a potential collaborator from Israel. Hopefully the weather will clear up and we can get out into the field tomorrow and catch some lizards. For now, here’s the view from … More Schoinoussa
Hi Everyone, I just moved into my new apartment. I’m starting to get settled in and I figured I’d update you with a walking tour so you can see where I’ll be living the next three months. It’s super spacious and needs to be, I think all in all we’ll have as many as 7 … More My new apartment!
Hi Everyone, I’m afraid I’m too tired to report back on all of the goings on here in a more substantive way than saying I’m very busy but things seem to be going well. I only had a few days of Johannes’ individual attention so I’ve been trying to make the best of it, peppering … More First couple of days on Naxos
Next step is a bus ride to the docks and then a long ferry ride to Naxos. I should be in Naxos in about nine hours though so I’m really excited about that! Travel has been wondrously smooth so far (I don’t want to jinx it!) Let’s see… I trained from New Haven to Newark … More Made it to Athens!
All packed and ready to go! Claire was a tremendous help getting everything together. After a bit of luggage wrestling we stuffed everything into three bags: And the feat I’m most proud of: 50 lbs right on the dot! Time to do a last bit of cleaning and organizing around the house. and … More All packed!
I shouldn’t have built anticipation by waiting so long since posting about collecting data on lizards in the museums. I closed with a teaser that I’d soon post results of my data analysis. Well, here they are and unfortunately the short of it is, the data don’t look too great. Luckily, as I’ve an hour … More When in doubt, keep collecting data
I’ll give you the full spiel on my research plans in bits and pieces so as not to bore you. For now, the big picture: My research centers around the impacts of human land use on ecological systems. I’m focusing primarily on a Greek Wall Lizard, Podarcis erhardii, which lives in the Cyclades. I hypothesize … More The Plan
It’s that time again! The official countdown to Greece has begun. That means two things: I’m running around crazily trying to get everything ready, and this blog is finally going to get interesting again. I leave New Haven on the 28th of April and will be in Naxos on the 30th. Before that, I hope … More Countdown to Greece
Colin Donihue 