Krista Koeller
@kristalerista.bsky.social
Researching why legless lizards and snakes don't have feet. (She/her) 😷
convergent evolution, paleontology, ADHD, disability rights, grants, whatever my hyperfixation is this week.
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https://twitter.com/KristaLerista
convergent evolution, paleontology, ADHD, disability rights, grants, whatever my hyperfixation is this week.
kkoeller3115.wixsite.com/kristakoeller
https://twitter.com/KristaLerista
Interesting.
ChatGPT was used i the creation of cover art for a journal article. It was basically used as a filter to modify the researchers painting and to add little animals to give context to the brains.
I’ll agree this isn’t ai slop. Not sure what I think.
ChatGPT was used i the creation of cover art for a journal article. It was basically used as a filter to modify the researchers painting and to add little animals to give context to the brains.
I’ll agree this isn’t ai slop. Not sure what I think.
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Interesting.
ChatGPT was used i the creation of cover art for a journal article. It was basically used as a filter to modify the researchers painting and to add little animals to give context to the brains.
I’ll agree this isn’t ai slop. Not sure what I think.
ChatGPT was used i the creation of cover art for a journal article. It was basically used as a filter to modify the researchers painting and to add little animals to give context to the brains.
I’ll agree this isn’t ai slop. Not sure what I think.
There’s something very satisfying about catching a mouse when both my cats failed.
Took me two and a half hours, but creativity>claws. Well creativity and a cage designed to catch mice.
Now to give her a blueberry snack and a dark cupboard to rest in before releasing her in the morning.
Took me two and a half hours, but creativity>claws. Well creativity and a cage designed to catch mice.
Now to give her a blueberry snack and a dark cupboard to rest in before releasing her in the morning.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
There’s something very satisfying about catching a mouse when both my cats failed.
Took me two and a half hours, but creativity>claws. Well creativity and a cage designed to catch mice.
Now to give her a blueberry snack and a dark cupboard to rest in before releasing her in the morning.
Took me two and a half hours, but creativity>claws. Well creativity and a cage designed to catch mice.
Now to give her a blueberry snack and a dark cupboard to rest in before releasing her in the morning.
!!!!! Omg the babies!
!!!!!!!!!!This one from WIRES!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!This one from WIRES!!!!!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
!!!!! Omg the babies!
!!!!!!!!!!This one from WIRES!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!This one from WIRES!!!!!!!
They are also very good birds.
And they also have some emotional range.
Me hearing my cat cough up a hairball at 5am this morning:
📸Craig Emerson
And they also have some emotional range.
Me hearing my cat cough up a hairball at 5am this morning:
📸Craig Emerson
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
They are also very good birds.
And they also have some emotional range.
Me hearing my cat cough up a hairball at 5am this morning:
📸Craig Emerson
And they also have some emotional range.
Me hearing my cat cough up a hairball at 5am this morning:
📸Craig Emerson
Ugh too mad to work. I’m taking a potoo break.
📸Sparkle Motion, Sebastian Lescano, unknown, Melissa Garoo
📸Sparkle Motion, Sebastian Lescano, unknown, Melissa Garoo
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ugh too mad to work. I’m taking a potoo break.
📸Sparkle Motion, Sebastian Lescano, unknown, Melissa Garoo
📸Sparkle Motion, Sebastian Lescano, unknown, Melissa Garoo
There are a bunch of lizards that are evolving to be snakey but aren’t all the way there yet.
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There are a bunch of lizards that are evolving to be snakey but aren’t all the way there yet.
Omg did turtles evolve from pancake lizards?
(Obvs not literally pancake lizards, but an archosauromorph that convergently evolved a pancake body like phrynosoma)
(Obvs not literally pancake lizards, but an archosauromorph that convergently evolved a pancake body like phrynosoma)
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Omg did turtles evolve from pancake lizards?
(Obvs not literally pancake lizards, but an archosauromorph that convergently evolved a pancake body like phrynosoma)
(Obvs not literally pancake lizards, but an archosauromorph that convergently evolved a pancake body like phrynosoma)
Feeling some feelings about James Watson.
Here’s a Watson I feel better about celebrating.
Here’s a Watson I feel better about celebrating.
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Feeling some feelings about James Watson.
Here’s a Watson I feel better about celebrating.
Here’s a Watson I feel better about celebrating.
“Hey I lost my tire and I’d like to get a replacement”
Mechanic: “what do you mean you lost your tire?”
… “oh wow you lost your tire”
Mechanic: “what do you mean you lost your tire?”
… “oh wow you lost your tire”
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“Hey I lost my tire and I’d like to get a replacement”
Mechanic: “what do you mean you lost your tire?”
… “oh wow you lost your tire”
Mechanic: “what do you mean you lost your tire?”
… “oh wow you lost your tire”
This guy has been dead for over 20 million years but the scan looks just like one of a modern lizard. So neat!
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This guy has been dead for over 20 million years but the scan looks just like one of a modern lizard. So neat!
I usually like to put pictures of the lizards I'm working on in my presentations, but I think I might get a code of conduct violation for showing Monopeltis.
📷 M. capensis, Alex Rebelo
📷 M. sphenorhynchus, Vanessa446
📷 M. capensis, Alex Rebelo
📷 M. sphenorhynchus, Vanessa446
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I usually like to put pictures of the lizards I'm working on in my presentations, but I think I might get a code of conduct violation for showing Monopeltis.
📷 M. capensis, Alex Rebelo
📷 M. sphenorhynchus, Vanessa446
📷 M. capensis, Alex Rebelo
📷 M. sphenorhynchus, Vanessa446
install.packages("curse")
library("curse")
library("curse")
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
install.packages("curse")
library("curse")
library("curse")
I found the silliest anatomically questionable Halloween skeleton yet! And I don’t hate it?
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I found the silliest anatomically questionable Halloween skeleton yet! And I don’t hate it?
Please send thoughts and prayers to Watson, who is enduring sleep deprivation torture.
He ate too much grass, then threw up on the couch. Now his only available napping spots are the big chair, the little chair, his bed, and the entire floor, while the cushions dry.
He ate too much grass, then threw up on the couch. Now his only available napping spots are the big chair, the little chair, his bed, and the entire floor, while the cushions dry.
October 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Please send thoughts and prayers to Watson, who is enduring sleep deprivation torture.
He ate too much grass, then threw up on the couch. Now his only available napping spots are the big chair, the little chair, his bed, and the entire floor, while the cushions dry.
He ate too much grass, then threw up on the couch. Now his only available napping spots are the big chair, the little chair, his bed, and the entire floor, while the cushions dry.
I’m sorry.
Here is a skink to offer you comfort. Its arms are too small to give you a hug, but it can give you a consoling pat on the shoulder.
Here is a skink to offer you comfort. Its arms are too small to give you a hug, but it can give you a consoling pat on the shoulder.
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I’m sorry.
Here is a skink to offer you comfort. Its arms are too small to give you a hug, but it can give you a consoling pat on the shoulder.
Here is a skink to offer you comfort. Its arms are too small to give you a hug, but it can give you a consoling pat on the shoulder.
Omg his follow up posts on Twitter are the funniest things.
To deal with the shame he made up a story about them being in a relationship and him generously supporting her with work, posted her completely reasonable messages and then bought an expensive car as a temper tantrum.
To deal with the shame he made up a story about them being in a relationship and him generously supporting her with work, posted her completely reasonable messages and then bought an expensive car as a temper tantrum.
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Omg his follow up posts on Twitter are the funniest things.
To deal with the shame he made up a story about them being in a relationship and him generously supporting her with work, posted her completely reasonable messages and then bought an expensive car as a temper tantrum.
To deal with the shame he made up a story about them being in a relationship and him generously supporting her with work, posted her completely reasonable messages and then bought an expensive car as a temper tantrum.
This makes me so happy! Fighting tyranny and spreading knowledge about amphibians!
The wild ones are endangered but they’re flourishing in the pet trade!
Wild ones are brown but the most popular pet ones are white and pink!
The wild ones are endangered but they’re flourishing in the pet trade!
Wild ones are brown but the most popular pet ones are white and pink!
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This makes me so happy! Fighting tyranny and spreading knowledge about amphibians!
The wild ones are endangered but they’re flourishing in the pet trade!
Wild ones are brown but the most popular pet ones are white and pink!
The wild ones are endangered but they’re flourishing in the pet trade!
Wild ones are brown but the most popular pet ones are white and pink!
October 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I’m Krista and I study how snakes and legless lizards lost their feet.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I’m Krista and I study how snakes and legless lizards lost their feet.
🦎➡️🐍➡️🪱
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I love them so much! How? What???
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I love them so much! How? What???