James T. Stroud
@jameststroud.bsky.social
Asst Prof @ Georgia Tech. Evolutionary ecology using lizards 🦎🦎🦎 most interested in connecting micro-scale processes to macro-scale patterns
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James T. Stroud
@jameststroud.bsky.social
· Mar 25
Exciting news! @wcratcliff.bsky.social and I published an essay last week in @nature.com reviewing the substantial contributions of 'long-term' studies to evolutionary biology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to share our new Fire Ecology study! 🌲🔥 Terrestrial lidar can rapidly and accurately measure crown scorch 20x faster than traditional methods. Our R package, CrownScorchTLS, helps make this method accessible for large-scale forest monitoring.
doi.org/10.1186/s424...
doi.org/10.1186/s424...
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Excited to share our new Fire Ecology study! 🌲🔥 Terrestrial lidar can rapidly and accurately measure crown scorch 20x faster than traditional methods. Our R package, CrownScorchTLS, helps make this method accessible for large-scale forest monitoring.
doi.org/10.1186/s424...
doi.org/10.1186/s424...
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Curly-taileds are some of my favorite lizards, but unfortunately we don’t have them in Georgia… or do we?? One of the best things I’ve found in a cracker barrel parking lot! Check it out now in Reptiles & Amphibians journals.ku.edu/reptilesanda...
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Curly-taileds are some of my favorite lizards, but unfortunately we don’t have them in Georgia… or do we?? One of the best things I’ve found in a cracker barrel parking lot! Check it out now in Reptiles & Amphibians journals.ku.edu/reptilesanda...
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12/12 What's clear: we handicap ourselves by studying organisms in environments dramatically simpler than where they evolved. What other fundamental discoveries await scientists willing to bring ecology into the lab?
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
12/12 What's clear: we handicap ourselves by studying organisms in environments dramatically simpler than where they evolved. What other fundamental discoveries await scientists willing to bring ecology into the lab?
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By combining mark-recapture and genetic parentage data from wild #lizards, we show that the offspring of older parents do not have lower survival or reproductive success than the offspring of younger parents:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Crain et al. 2025
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Crain et al. 2025
Parental age effects on offspring fitness in a wild population of a short-lived reptile
Abstract. As organisms age, the fitness of the offspring they produce can decline, which is often attributed to parental senescence. However, few studies h
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
By combining mark-recapture and genetic parentage data from wild #lizards, we show that the offspring of older parents do not have lower survival or reproductive success than the offspring of younger parents:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Crain et al. 2025
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Crain et al. 2025
Always repost brown anoles but especially if it's a Miami brown anole 🦎🦎🦎
It suggests the Tenerife weevils likely out-competed the newcomers, but more importantly revealed how genetic tools can uncover past extinctions otherwise lost to time, helping us to better understand island ecosystems! Read the full Special Issue paper below (6/6) 👇
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Always repost brown anoles but especially if it's a Miami brown anole 🦎🦎🦎
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Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2-year (2026-2028) - 2 positions OPENAt UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in resea...
biodiversity.ubc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
Please share far and wide 🚀
(See thread)
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New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New paper out today in Ecology Letters! In this synthesis we dive into the equilibrium assumption in ecology - why it's everywhere in ecological theory, the evidence for it in nature, when meeting the assumption is important, how to achieve it in empirical research, and more! tinyurl.com/yh6kyysm
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How did the study of little brown lizards lead to advocacy for more engaging science communication? Anole Annals was an important stepping stone along this path.
Anoles as the Gateway to Science Advocacy
Prologue Nearly 1500 posts. Over 300 contributors. Worldwide readership. Since its origin 15 years ago, Anole Annals has left its mark on anole researchers, reptile enthusiasts, and people curious…
www.anoleannals.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
How did the study of little brown lizards lead to advocacy for more engaging science communication? Anole Annals was an important stepping stone along this path.
The November cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features @raularayadonoso.bsky.social @kenrokusumi.bsky.social @anthonygeneva.bsky.social et al., who studied how structural rearrangements and selection promote phenotypic evolution in Anolis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf196
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf196
#genome #evolution
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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I wrote about an absolute diva
defector.com/fat-and-sass...
defector.com/fat-and-sass...
Fat AND Sassy? A Three-Legged Lizard Really Can Have It All | Defector
Decades ago, the evolutionary biologist Jonathan Losos found himself chasing a lizard around an island in the Bahamas. The island was little more than mound of craggy limestone the size of a baseball ...
defector.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I wrote about an absolute diva
defector.com/fat-and-sass...
defector.com/fat-and-sass...
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Remember remember the 5th of...December?
Islands are central to our understanding of ecology & evolution, from the theory of natural selection to community ecology. This special issue promises to provide a synthesis of the latest research, and there's still time to submit! 🌍 🧪 👇
Islands are central to our understanding of ecology & evolution, from the theory of natural selection to community ecology. This special issue promises to provide a synthesis of the latest research, and there's still time to submit! 🌍 🧪 👇
Evolution on Islands: from genomes to communities
Call for papers “…it is not too much to say that when we have mastered the difficulties presented by the peculiarities of island life we shall find it comparat
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Remember remember the 5th of...December?
Islands are central to our understanding of ecology & evolution, from the theory of natural selection to community ecology. This special issue promises to provide a synthesis of the latest research, and there's still time to submit! 🌍 🧪 👇
Islands are central to our understanding of ecology & evolution, from the theory of natural selection to community ecology. This special issue promises to provide a synthesis of the latest research, and there's still time to submit! 🌍 🧪 👇
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Always love working down in Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Catching some great lizards all day every day and teaching high school students how we use them to study ecology and evolution.
Can’t imagine a better gig!
Catching some great lizards all day every day and teaching high school students how we use them to study ecology and evolution.
Can’t imagine a better gig!
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Always love working down in Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Catching some great lizards all day every day and teaching high school students how we use them to study ecology and evolution.
Can’t imagine a better gig!
Catching some great lizards all day every day and teaching high school students how we use them to study ecology and evolution.
Can’t imagine a better gig!
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Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Great time talking to 50 10th graders from Miami's BioTECH high school about lizards and how we study them for our ecological and evolutionary research!
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@gtresearch.bsky.social @gtsciences.bsky.social
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@gtresearch.bsky.social @gtsciences.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Great time talking to 50 10th graders from Miami's BioTECH high school about lizards and how we study them for our ecological and evolutionary research!
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@gtresearch.bsky.social @gtsciences.bsky.social
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@gtresearch.bsky.social @gtsciences.bsky.social
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‘Pirate Lizards’ Can Get Around on 3 Legs www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
‘Pirate Lizards’ Can Get Around on 3 Legs
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
‘Pirate Lizards’ Can Get Around on 3 Legs www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
We need more lizards in the @nytimes.com!
Super excited to see them feature our research on 3-legged lizards 🦎🦎🦎
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
Super excited to see them feature our research on 3-legged lizards 🦎🦎🦎
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
‘Pirate Lizards’ Can Get Around on 3 Legs
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We need more lizards in the @nytimes.com!
Super excited to see them feature our research on 3-legged lizards 🦎🦎🦎
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
Super excited to see them feature our research on 3-legged lizards 🦎🦎🦎
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/s...
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ASN Address: Pirates of the Caribbean (and Elsewhere): Three-Legged Lizards and the Study of Evolutionary Adaptation by Losos et al.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ASN Address: Pirates of the Caribbean (and Elsewhere): Three-Legged Lizards and the Study of Evolutionary Adaptation by Losos et al.
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Read now ahead of print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Darwin's Darwin finches (the island is called Darwin, that's not a typo) have been variably described as either two species, or combined into just one. But what's right? As part of our #SpecialIssue on Evolution on Islands, Peter & Rosemary Grant took to answering this...(1/2) 🌍🧪
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Darwin's Darwin finches (the island is called Darwin, that's not a typo) have been variably described as either two species, or combined into just one. But what's right? As part of our #SpecialIssue on Evolution on Islands, Peter & Rosemary Grant took to answering this...(1/2) 🌍🧪
Had the most amazing morning talking to the next generation of lizard biologists in Miami, Florida! Hopefully inspired some future lab members!
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October 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Had the most amazing morning talking to the next generation of lizard biologists in Miami, Florida! Hopefully inspired some future lab members!
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I’m beyond honored and thrilled to have been selected in the 2025 class of #PackardFellows - what a dream!! 😀
No better way to spend it than right here on Lizard Island with an A+ lizard catching team!! 🦎🦎🦎
Honored to be such an amazing cohort: www.packard.org/2025fellows
@packardfdn.bsky.social
No better way to spend it than right here on Lizard Island with an A+ lizard catching team!! 🦎🦎🦎
Honored to be such an amazing cohort: www.packard.org/2025fellows
@packardfdn.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I’m beyond honored and thrilled to have been selected in the 2025 class of #PackardFellows - what a dream!! 😀
No better way to spend it than right here on Lizard Island with an A+ lizard catching team!! 🦎🦎🦎
Honored to be such an amazing cohort: www.packard.org/2025fellows
@packardfdn.bsky.social
No better way to spend it than right here on Lizard Island with an A+ lizard catching team!! 🦎🦎🦎
Honored to be such an amazing cohort: www.packard.org/2025fellows
@packardfdn.bsky.social
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Such a cool paper. And, fascinating to think about in the context of aging organisms that compensate for deteriorating abilities with age and *thrive*
🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?!
Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴☠️
[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]
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Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴☠️
[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]
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October 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Such a cool paper. And, fascinating to think about in the context of aging organisms that compensate for deteriorating abilities with age and *thrive*
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Neat study on the other type of limb loss.
Also, under the right conditions, apparent disabilities may not be disabling!
Also, under the right conditions, apparent disabilities may not be disabling!
🦎THREAD: We just published something wild in @asn-amnat.bsky.social - lizards missing entire limbs not only survive, but some appear to actually thrive in the wild?!
Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴☠️
[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]
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Let me tell you about the "three-legged pirate" lizards 🏴☠️
[Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... ]
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October 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Neat study on the other type of limb loss.
Also, under the right conditions, apparent disabilities may not be disabling!
Also, under the right conditions, apparent disabilities may not be disabling!
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@cudenverclas.bsky.social PhD student @sarahnalley.bsky.social was featured on the local news talking about her dragonfly research in @natclimate.nature.com! 🧪🌍🐙
www.9news.com/video/tech/s...
www.9news.com/video/tech/s...
www.9news.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
@cudenverclas.bsky.social PhD student @sarahnalley.bsky.social was featured on the local news talking about her dragonfly research in @natclimate.nature.com! 🧪🌍🐙
www.9news.com/video/tech/s...
www.9news.com/video/tech/s...
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Congratulations to @jameststroud.bsky.social for being selected for a 2025 David and Lucile Packard Foundation @packardfdn.bsky.social Fellowship in Science & Engineering! Its a wonderful organization and a well deserved recognition!
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Congratulations to @jameststroud.bsky.social for being selected for a 2025 David and Lucile Packard Foundation @packardfdn.bsky.social Fellowship in Science & Engineering! Its a wonderful organization and a well deserved recognition!
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My colleague @jameststroud.bsky.social is a fantastic scientist and an even better guy -- congrats James on this richly deserved recognition and research support!!
We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering — 20 innovative early-career scientists who will each receive $875,000 over five years to pursue their research.
Meet the 2025 Packard Fellows ⬇
www.packard.org/2025fellows
Meet the 2025 Packard Fellows ⬇
www.packard.org/2025fellows
October 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My colleague @jameststroud.bsky.social is a fantastic scientist and an even better guy -- congrats James on this richly deserved recognition and research support!!