Inky black as sun slips behind mogote Stars above, But hazy and indistinct without glasses. Dishes in lagoon prompt sparkle of shooting...

I come to science with privilege. To name a few aspects, I am the child of scientists and university professors, which helped me have an...

Across elevation gradients, abundance of anoles decreases from low to high elevations. Species richness also follows distinct patterns...

The mark-resight aspects of this project involve hours of solo searching for lizards in a forest, both during the day and night. This was...

On top of a mountain, I surveyed a site for three days in which I saw zero lizards. After 6 hours of no lizards, my brain goes through...

One of the main goals of the work we are doing this summer is to estimate the abundances of the various anole that are present at each...

Hola y bienvenidos a la Republica Dominicana. Voy a estar en este país por casi dos meses para trabajar con las lagartijas para mi...

After finally finishing the Jurassic Park original trilogy, I must modify my belief that working with Anoles is akin to working with...

The first five sites we’ve been to on this trip were “successful” from our scientific perspective. We caught a decent number of...

From our sites in Cachote, we wended our way inland and north to Puerto Escondido. In this region (near Lago Enriquillo if you’re looking...

The third region we explored this trip is the Cachote, in the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park. This part of the southern Dominican...

Phew. One week of field work in the Dominican Republic and it feels like I’ve been here much longer. This is partially due to the intense...

Welcome back to field work updates and stories gathered while doing my PhD field work in the Caribbean. I will be spending the next month...