Emily Taylor
@emilytaylorscience.com
Professor of Biology at Cal Poly SLO • Author • Snake rescuer • Founder of Central Coast Snake Services • Co-founder of Project RattleCam and Snake Week
Tonight at 6:30pm in Santa Barbara! Science Pub: California’s Amphibian Waterpark
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Science Pub: California’s Amphibian Waterpark | Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
SB Museum features exhibit halls focusing on regional natural history (birds, insects, mammals, marine life, paleontology), Native Americans, and antique natural history art. In addition there is a li...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Tonight at 6:30pm in Santa Barbara! Science Pub: California’s Amphibian Waterpark
www.sbnature.org/visit/calend...
www.sbnature.org/visit/calend...
This is an amazing way to visualize and zoom in on the tree of life! www.onezoom.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
This is an amazing way to visualize and zoom in on the tree of life! www.onezoom.org
Today is my book birthday! This book on California amphibians was utter joy to work on from start to finish. I hope it is half as much fun to read as it was to write.
Tonight I have my Amphibian Book Launch Party at a local brewery www.facebook.com/events/16251... ...
Tonight I have my Amphibian Book Launch Party at a local brewery www.facebook.com/events/16251... ...
February 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Today is my book birthday! This book on California amphibians was utter joy to work on from start to finish. I hope it is half as much fun to read as it was to write.
Tonight I have my Amphibian Book Launch Party at a local brewery www.facebook.com/events/16251... ...
Tonight I have my Amphibian Book Launch Party at a local brewery www.facebook.com/events/16251... ...
Great coverage in the Denver Gazette! www.denvergazette.com/2026/01/30/l...
Livestreaming camera reveals secret lives of rattlesnakes in Colorado
The rattlesnakes are hibernating now, spending the winter beneath the surface of a rock outcrop in Colorado where a camera has been posted. The camera has recorded a livestream online ー revealing the ...
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January 31, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Great coverage in the Denver Gazette! www.denvergazette.com/2026/01/30/l...
How fun will this workshop be?!
Paint your own 3D native California salamander or rattlesnake
Sat, Feb 7 at 10:30am at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
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Paint your own 3D native California salamander or rattlesnake
Sat, Feb 7 at 10:30am at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
www.pgmuseum.org/upcoming-eve...
Mini Animal Painting Party with Reef Renders! — Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Join us for a fun session with artist Nicholas Ta of Reef Renders painting miniature animals printed by the talented Hannah Caisse ! Participants will learn how to decorate and paint their model, l...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How fun will this workshop be?!
Paint your own 3D native California salamander or rattlesnake
Sat, Feb 7 at 10:30am at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
www.pgmuseum.org/upcoming-eve...
Paint your own 3D native California salamander or rattlesnake
Sat, Feb 7 at 10:30am at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
www.pgmuseum.org/upcoming-eve...
My new book comes out a week from today, and I'm celebrating with a book launch event at Humdinger Brewing in SLO! I hope to see you locals there. Feb 3 at 6pm. www.facebook.com/events/16251...
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
My new book comes out a week from today, and I'm celebrating with a book launch event at Humdinger Brewing in SLO! I hope to see you locals there. Feb 3 at 6pm. www.facebook.com/events/16251...
Throwback to our first introduction to Thor, looking not too happy to get his lips pierced.. by an ant.
Thor's lip never completely lost the swelling from this bite, making him easy to identify among piles of other snakes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBU4...
Thor's lip never completely lost the swelling from this bite, making him easy to identify among piles of other snakes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBU4...
Rattlesnake with ant "lip ring"
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
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January 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Throwback to our first introduction to Thor, looking not too happy to get his lips pierced.. by an ant.
Thor's lip never completely lost the swelling from this bite, making him easy to identify among piles of other snakes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBU4...
Thor's lip never completely lost the swelling from this bite, making him easy to identify among piles of other snakes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBU4...
Reposted by Emily Taylor
Found some gems in Powell’s Bookstore during SICB in Portland!! @emilytaylorscience.com @powells.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Found some gems in Powell’s Bookstore during SICB in Portland!! @emilytaylorscience.com @powells.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
One of my favorites from my forthcoming book 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 - a series of images over several weeks showing a Wandering Salamander mama attending her eggs, and eventually, salamanderlings. ❤
Get your signed book here: www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
Get your signed book here: www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
January 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
One of my favorites from my forthcoming book 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 - a series of images over several weeks showing a Wandering Salamander mama attending her eggs, and eventually, salamanderlings. ❤
Get your signed book here: www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
Get your signed book here: www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
Happy 2026 to all. I thought you might enjoy this 1997 photo of me handling my very first rattlesnake, a Prairie Rattlesnake! I much prefer to gaze at them live on the rattlecam.
Wishing all of us a very snakey 2026,
Emily Taylor
Project RattleCam (RattleCam.org) co-founder
Wishing all of us a very snakey 2026,
Emily Taylor
Project RattleCam (RattleCam.org) co-founder
January 1, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Happy 2026 to all. I thought you might enjoy this 1997 photo of me handling my very first rattlesnake, a Prairie Rattlesnake! I much prefer to gaze at them live on the rattlecam.
Wishing all of us a very snakey 2026,
Emily Taylor
Project RattleCam (RattleCam.org) co-founder
Wishing all of us a very snakey 2026,
Emily Taylor
Project RattleCam (RattleCam.org) co-founder
I am excited to share my new book, California Amphibians and How To Find Them, hot off the press from Heyday Books and ready to help guide your wet winter frog and salamander adventures! It is available now from my website or Feb 3 at bookstores.
www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I am excited to share my new book, California Amphibians and How To Find Them, hot off the press from Heyday Books and ready to help guide your wet winter frog and salamander adventures! It is available now from my website or Feb 3 at bookstores.
www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
I can't wait!
Good news! From now until January 1, you can get 25% off your pre-order of my new book!!! 🧪🐻🦑🦉🐜🐍🦀
GRIZZLED: Love Letters to 50 of North America’s Least Understood Animals
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GRIZZLED: Love Letters to 50 of North America’s Least Understood Animals
Here’s how! open.substack.com/pub/jasonbit...
GRIZZLED Pre-Orders Are 25% Off!
The sale only lasts 3 days! Tell everyone you know!
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January 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't wait!
Reposted by Emily Taylor
Took this photo of this gorgeous Southern Pacifc Rattlesnake in the Marina back in March through binoculars. Not an easy thing to do. It was so sureal seeing this creature in the flesh, I was just in aww. When I heard there was a rattler from a cowork, I went running to it
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@emilytaylorscience.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Took this photo of this gorgeous Southern Pacifc Rattlesnake in the Marina back in March through binoculars. Not an easy thing to do. It was so sureal seeing this creature in the flesh, I was just in aww. When I heard there was a rattler from a cowork, I went running to it
@emilytaylorscience.com
@emilytaylorscience.com
New rattlesnake pup yawns
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
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December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Funded Master's position in Rattlesnake Biology at Cal Poly SLO
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Please share!
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Please share!
December 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Funded Master's position in Rattlesnake Biology at Cal Poly SLO
jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
Please share!
jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
Please share!
𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐃𝐎𝐂 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘
I am recruiting a postdoc to join the lab in summer/fall 2026! This is a fully funded, 2-year position. Please share with your networks!
Application details: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Photo is of a rattlesnake I found on campus today (in Dec!)...
I am recruiting a postdoc to join the lab in summer/fall 2026! This is a fully funded, 2-year position. Please share with your networks!
Application details: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Photo is of a rattlesnake I found on campus today (in Dec!)...
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐃𝐎𝐂 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘
I am recruiting a postdoc to join the lab in summer/fall 2026! This is a fully funded, 2-year position. Please share with your networks!
Application details: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Photo is of a rattlesnake I found on campus today (in Dec!)...
I am recruiting a postdoc to join the lab in summer/fall 2026! This is a fully funded, 2-year position. Please share with your networks!
Application details: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Photo is of a rattlesnake I found on campus today (in Dec!)...
My lizard book was featured this weekend in the New York Times!
If you want a signed copy and a freebie, read on...
If you want a signed copy and a freebie, read on...
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My lizard book was featured this weekend in the New York Times!
If you want a signed copy and a freebie, read on...
If you want a signed copy and a freebie, read on...
It's Giving Tuesday! All year long, we give our time, our knowledge, and our joyful determination to help ensure that you can watch rattlesnakes behaving naturally, peacefully, as they actually do at RattleCam.org. 1/2
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's Giving Tuesday! All year long, we give our time, our knowledge, and our joyful determination to help ensure that you can watch rattlesnakes behaving naturally, peacefully, as they actually do at RattleCam.org. 1/2
Feeling thirsssssssty?
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Rattlesnake drinking party
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
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November 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Feeling thirsssssssty?
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVB-...
Black Friday Sale! 🖤🛒🛍️ Support your favorite livestream Project RattleCam and get 20% off merchandise with code Rattlesnake. Discount expires on Sunday.
www.CentralCoastSnakeServices.com/shop
www.CentralCoastSnakeServices.com/shop
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Black Friday Sale! 🖤🛒🛍️ Support your favorite livestream Project RattleCam and get 20% off merchandise with code Rattlesnake. Discount expires on Sunday.
www.CentralCoastSnakeServices.com/shop
www.CentralCoastSnakeServices.com/shop
Get yer stocking stuffers and holiday gifts here, and benefit our exclusively donor-funded program! The snakes thank you.
Use code Rattlesnake in the Shop at Rattlecam.org.
Use code Rattlesnake in the Shop at Rattlecam.org.
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Get yer stocking stuffers and holiday gifts here, and benefit our exclusively donor-funded program! The snakes thank you.
Use code Rattlesnake in the Shop at Rattlecam.org.
Use code Rattlesnake in the Shop at Rattlecam.org.
Enjoy the soothing sight of a rattlesnake shedding her skin
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
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November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
That's a wrap for 2025, folks!
Here is some summer footage of huge piles of rattlesnakes to get you dreaming of next summer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyn...
Here is some summer footage of huge piles of rattlesnakes to get you dreaming of next summer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyn...
Baby surfs ocean of adult rattlesnakes
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
That's a wrap for 2025, folks!
Here is some summer footage of huge piles of rattlesnakes to get you dreaming of next summer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyn...
Here is some summer footage of huge piles of rattlesnakes to get you dreaming of next summer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyn...
