Ferry Time-lapse
August 10, 2013
Here’s a quick time-lapse video I made of the Blue Star Ferry docking, unloading, and reloading from Paros. Enjoy! It could use some music… let me know if you have any suggestions.
Category: Greece
Greece Wrap-up
August 1, 2013
As per normal, the field season in Greece finished at a sprint and I fell (way) behind on keeping up with the stories. Sorry! I’m going to back-date a few posts to get you all up to speed. All in all, the summer was a great success – I collected nearly all the data I … More Greece Wrap-up
Iraklia
July 28, 2013
Iraklia, one of the islands in the small cyclades just south of Naxos, was my final small island of the summer. Again, the goal was to just grab a bunch of lizards, quick as possible, measure them, release them and get back home asap. Luckily Iraklia is a much shorter ferry ride than Amorgos. We … More Iraklia
Lizard sprint speed
July 27, 2013
As I’ve mentioned before, one of my primary research interests is how these lizards change in different contexts. So far I’ve measured a whole lot of morphological traits like limb length and head width on lizards from islands all over the cyclades. I’ve also measured a whole-organism performance trait, namely bite force, which relies on … More Lizard sprint speed
Long overdue updates
July 26, 2013
As is always the case, those last 2.5 weeks in the field flew by and I was so busy with everything else the blog fell off the radar. I’ve lots of cool pictures to share and stories to tell though so over the next few weeks I’ll be back-filling the blog to fill you in. … More Long overdue updates
A bucket of lizards!
July 6, 2013
One of many these days… These guys were headed for the sprint speed course. More on that next!
Sprinting through Amorgos
June 22, 2013
The end of field work is always about tying up loose ends, trying to get a few more samples, and wrapping up experiments in hopes that you’ll finish with enough data to keep you occupied for the many months back home. For me it meant grabbing more lizards from a few islands to try to … More Sprinting through Amorgos
The good ship Tzenh
June 17, 2013
On our way to the Makares islands yesterday I saw this boat in the port and it made me think of a friend back in New Haven. The name is the boat, as you can see, is Tzenh, which in Greek is pronounced “Jennie.” I realized, in talking with her though, that while I’ve shared … More The good ship Tzenh
Makares
June 15, 2013
The other day I went on a terrific day trip to two remote, uninhabited islands off of the east coast of Naxos. They’re collectively 2 of 3 islands that form the Makares cluster. In days of yore, they were rumored to be the back door to Hades. I’m still trying to track down more information … More Makares
A few more night shots
June 15, 2013
I had to abscond with some large stones scattered along roadsides for a rock wall I’m building in the lab, and so decided to do my collecting under cover of night. That gave me an excellent opportunity to take a few more night shots as I was waiting for the roads to quiet down. Still … More A few more night shots
Colin Donihue 