J. 🥚🧬🦎
@j.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
Researcher studying the genetic and cellular basis of viviparity and oviparity in lizards. University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity. Follow for memes, rants and lizard […]
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Field intern William @robotowilliam.bsky.social has a recent Master's in Animal Behaviour and is currently seeking a PhD position 👀
He's also an excellent drone photographer, check it out: bsky.app/profile/robo...
He's also an excellent drone photographer, check it out: bsky.app/profile/robo...
Pretty nice hike/climb on the Italy side of the border today 😍
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Field intern William @robotowilliam.bsky.social has a recent Master's in Animal Behaviour and is currently seeking a PhD position 👀
He's also an excellent drone photographer, check it out: bsky.app/profile/robo...
He's also an excellent drone photographer, check it out: bsky.app/profile/robo...
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Field intern Mathis is a food science student from France with a keen interest in animals. He did top-notch lizard husbandry and made friends with every cow he met at the field site.
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Field intern Mathis is a food science student from France with a keen interest in animals. He did top-notch lizard husbandry and made friends with every cow he met at the field site.
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Field intern Emma (not pictured) recently completed an MSc and is working on gaining experience through the lizard project and previous internships. She is now at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence lab, based in Loro Parque, Tenerife.
January 23, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Field intern Emma (not pictured) recently completed an MSc and is working on gaining experience through the lizard project and previous internships. She is now at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence lab, based in Loro Parque, Tenerife.
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PhD student Molly @mhuzzell.bsky.social was also on her 3rd Zootoca field season this year. Her MSc project used molecular methods to search for new Zootoca hybrid zones and her PhD is focused on parents and offspring in this one, analysing mechanisms of reproductive isolation between the lineages.
January 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM
PhD student Molly @mhuzzell.bsky.social was also on her 3rd Zootoca field season this year. Her MSc project used molecular methods to search for new Zootoca hybrid zones and her PhD is focused on parents and offspring in this one, analysing mechanisms of reproductive isolation between the lineages.
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Field tech Blaž is an MSc student and technician at the University of Ljubljana, active in the Herpetological Society of Slovenia, and invaluable for his expertise in Alpine herps. This was his third Zootoca field season, and 2nd with this team.
January 23, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Field tech Blaž is an MSc student and technician at the University of Ljubljana, active in the Herpetological Society of Slovenia, and invaluable for his expertise in Alpine herps. This was his third Zootoca field season, and 2nd with this team.
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Research technician J. is a veteran of 5 field seasons with Team Lizard, leading the field team for the last two seasons. They spent the 2025 season working on a new method for genotyping lizards using the MinION platform from @nanoporetech.com Follow them at @j.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Research technician J. is a veteran of 5 field seasons with Team Lizard, leading the field team for the last two seasons. They spent the 2025 season working on a new method for genotyping lizards using the MinION platform from @nanoporetech.com Follow them at @j.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
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Who's catching all these lizards? Meet the 2025 field team! It's a long season (May–September), so not everyone was there all at once, but here's most of us—including PI @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social and visiting ecophysiology collaborators, @jflegalliard.bsky.social and his PhD student Nicolas.
January 23, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Who's catching all these lizards? Meet the 2025 field team! It's a long season (May–September), so not everyone was there all at once, but here's most of us—including PI @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social and visiting ecophysiology collaborators, @jflegalliard.bsky.social and his PhD student Nicolas.
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Interbreeding means overwintering controlled crosses in shared enclosures. This means that after catching lizards from the hybrid zone, the field team then had to care for them until they went into their enclosures, as well as incubate their eggs and care for the young. A lot of lizard husbandry!
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Interbreeding means overwintering controlled crosses in shared enclosures. This means that after catching lizards from the hybrid zone, the field team then had to care for them until they went into their enclosures, as well as incubate their eggs and care for the young. A lot of lizard husbandry!
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Teams led by PI @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social have been studying this hybrid zone since 2013. This paper gives a good overview of the first set of outcomes: nature.com/articles/s41559-…
We're now working on a very exciting in-situ, common-garden interbreeding experiment.
We're now working on a very exciting in-situ, common-garden interbreeding experiment.
January 22, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Teams led by PI @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social have been studying this hybrid zone since 2013. This paper gives a good overview of the first set of outcomes: nature.com/articles/s41559-…
We're now working on a very exciting in-situ, common-garden interbreeding experiment.
We're now working on a very exciting in-situ, common-garden interbreeding experiment.
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And! There are cows in this story, too! The hybrid zone is in a high Alpine summer pasture, on a working dairy farm. The clearing for the pasture may also be contributing to the hybrid zone, by being an area of ideal habitat at juuuuust the right altitude. Photo by @robotowilliam.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
And! There are cows in this story, too! The hybrid zone is in a high Alpine summer pasture, on a working dairy farm. The clearing for the pasture may also be contributing to the hybrid zone, by being an area of ideal habitat at juuuuust the right altitude. Photo by @robotowilliam.bsky.social
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These hybrids are rare. Where they're in contact, we find the viviparous lineage at higher altitudes and the oviparous at lower altitudes. But the tricky part is, they can't be distinguished by eye. The only way to reliably tell them apart is to observe their reproduction, or test them genetically.
January 22, 2026 at 6:29 PM
These hybrids are rare. Where they're in contact, we find the viviparous lineage at higher altitudes and the oviparous at lower altitudes. But the tricky part is, they can't be distinguished by eye. The only way to reliably tell them apart is to observe their reproduction, or test them genetically.
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As the name suggests, Z. vivipara is viviparous (live-bearing) over most of its range, but two ssp. lineages are oviparous (egg-laying). In the Gail valley, one is in contact with the viviparous ssp., and hybridises! Hybrids lay a thin-shelled egg late in development. Photos by @mhuzzell@bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 6:27 PM
As the name suggests, Z. vivipara is viviparous (live-bearing) over most of its range, but two ssp. lineages are oviparous (egg-laying). In the Gail valley, one is in contact with the viviparous ssp., and hybridises! Hybrids lay a thin-shelled egg late in development. Photos by @mhuzzell@bsky.social
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You've heard of COW TOOLS, but did you know the Gail Valley is also home to an incredibly cool lizard hybrid zone?
Here's a thread about our work on the Eurasian common lizard, Zootoca vivipara, and its egg-laying x live-bearing hybrids.
(Thanks @biotay.bsky.social for the spur to get posting!)
Here's a thread about our work on the Eurasian common lizard, Zootoca vivipara, and its egg-laying x live-bearing hybrids.
(Thanks @biotay.bsky.social for the spur to get posting!)
January 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
You've heard of COW TOOLS, but did you know the Gail Valley is also home to an incredibly cool lizard hybrid zone?
Here's a thread about our work on the Eurasian common lizard, Zootoca vivipara, and its egg-laying x live-bearing hybrids.
(Thanks @biotay.bsky.social for the spur to get posting!)
Here's a thread about our work on the Eurasian common lizard, Zootoca vivipara, and its egg-laying x live-bearing hybrids.
(Thanks @biotay.bsky.social for the spur to get posting!)
Our field team has a new account, you can follow us at @teamlizard.bsky.social #teamLizard #lizards #reptiles #viviparouslizard #zootocavivipara #science #research #fieldwork #zoology #ecology #herpetology #EvolutionaryBiology #molecularbiology #viviparity #oviparity #reproductivemode #paritymode
September 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Our field team has a new account, you can follow us at @teamlizard.bsky.social #teamLizard #lizards #reptiles #viviparouslizard #zootocavivipara #science #research #fieldwork #zoology #ecology #herpetology #EvolutionaryBiology #molecularbiology #viviparity #oviparity #reproductivemode #paritymode
This is how science becomes a tool of social control: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/iowa-agriculture-water-pollution. It doesn't matter how rigorous your methodology is, if the public only ever gets to hear about the studies which find results which are convenient for the rich […]
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August 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is how science becomes a tool of social control: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/iowa-agriculture-water-pollution. It doesn't matter how rigorous your methodology is, if the public only ever gets to hear about the studies which find results which are convenient for the rich […]
Hiking near Garnitzenklamm in the Carnic Alps. There was a colony of alpine swifts nesting just below the cliffs here, quite spectacular. #garnitzenklamm #gailtal #Kärnten #carinthia #austria #osterreich #mountains #Alps #alpineviews #mountainview #mountainadventure
August 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Hiking near Garnitzenklamm in the Carnic Alps. There was a colony of alpine swifts nesting just below the cliffs here, quite spectacular. #garnitzenklamm #gailtal #Kärnten #carinthia #austria #osterreich #mountains #Alps #alpineviews #mountainview #mountainadventure
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Plans to link Europe by huge new train network spanning 20,000km and 39 stations unveiled
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/21st-europe-train-network-plans-b2721723.html
Starline plans to connect the UK by rail to destinations including Ukraine, Turkey and Portugal
#hugeiftrue
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/21st-europe-train-network-plans-b2721723.html
Starline plans to connect the UK by rail to destinations including Ukraine, Turkey and Portugal
#hugeiftrue
Plans to link Europe by huge new 20,000km train network unveiled
Starline plans to connect the UK by rail to destinations including Ukraine, Turkey and Portugal
www.independent.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Plans to link Europe by huge new train network spanning 20,000km and 39 stations unveiled
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/21st-europe-train-network-plans-b2721723.html
Starline plans to connect the UK by rail to destinations including Ukraine, Turkey and Portugal
#hugeiftrue
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/21st-europe-train-network-plans-b2721723.html
Starline plans to connect the UK by rail to destinations including Ukraine, Turkey and Portugal
#hugeiftrue
From @pzmyers - researchers travelling to US academic conference should be aware, agents can search your phone for anti-Trump content. This is no joke, border agents have broad powers to detain you without due process under antiterror legislation […]
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March 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
From @pzmyers - researchers travelling to US academic conference should be aware, agents can search your phone for anti-Trump content. This is no joke, border agents have broad powers to detain you without due process under antiterror legislation […]
From #notesongrowth: "Britain’s system of nature protection is the worst of both worlds. It makes building infrastructure and housing slower and more expensive than it ought to be. And it does a crap job of protecting nature: many of our key biodiversity indicators are flashing red." […]
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March 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
From #notesongrowth: "Britain’s system of nature protection is the worst of both worlds. It makes building infrastructure and housing slower and more expensive than it ought to be. And it does a crap job of protecting nature: many of our key biodiversity indicators are flashing red." […]
From @pzmyers: "The word of the day is Gleichschaltung" https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/14/the-word-of-the-day-is-gleichschaltung/ #usa #research #science #universities
pzmyers 🦑 (@pzmyers@octodon.social)
11.6K Posts, 1.72K Following, 6.55K Followers · Biologist at the University of Minnesota Morris. Atheist and loud about it. Feminist, the noisy kind. Antifa. Etc. Preferred pronouns: he/him.
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March 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
From @pzmyers: "The word of the day is Gleichschaltung" https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/14/the-word-of-the-day-is-gleichschaltung/ #usa #research #science #universities
February 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM