Samantha Skerlec

Our second submission is from @a_stone_may_fly !! #ecology #environmentalart #sciencecommunication #sciencecompetition #environmentalcommunication #environmentalawareness #environmentalcommunications

I am horrified by @FedEx's commercial portraying a driver who killed a rattlesnake while delivering a package as a hero. I have written a letter to FedEx marketing officials and hope that you will do so as well, and will share this post to get more people involved. 1/4

It was an absolute honor to host Dr. Tyrone Hayes this week as our grad student-chosen super speaker! I’m still a bit starstruck - but he is genuinely one of the kindest, funniest, most down to earth people I’ve ever met 😊 “just a boy who loves frogs” 🐸

I can’t think of anyone more deserving of this award than Tom. He has been an incredible advisor, mentor, educator, and friend… and I truly wouldn’t be the scientist I am today without him. Congrats Tom!! 🥹👏🏼 @Sirenlacertina wichita.edu/about/wsunews/…

ISO photos of herps well camouflaged in the field! I’m teaching a summer camp for rising 4-8th graders and I’d like to do a “find the herp” activity 🐸 if you have any and are willing to share, please send them my way! Credit will be given for all photos. TIA!!

Happy #Pride2024 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

Grateful for @EmergeSfs and the opportunity to present my master’s research to the SFS community! Presenting in the very first time slot of the conference is a bit stressful, but I’m looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the rest of the talks this week 😊 #2024SFS

In Philadelphia for the SFS Annual Meeting as an Emerge Fellow and first-time attendee! #2024SFS

Would you take a dip in the salamander tub?

AMPHIUMA!!!!!! WOO!!!

“Dirt cups” ready for Darwin Day Phylum Feast! 🪱 @UTK_EEB

This week's #BioShox Spotlight highlights MS student Binuri Nimaya Thotagamuwa. Binuri uses her childhood passion of biology to study the effects of deer herbivory in Dr. Russell’s ecology lab. Want to learn more? Visit wichita.edu/biology🌾🦌 @fairmountWSU #BecomeMore

Let’s hear it for the newest #BioShox MS grad, Adrian Bethel! Adrian worked with Dr. Greg Houseman exploring how plant traits affect performance within tallgrass prairie communities. Way to go, Adrian!🌾🎓 @wichitastate @fairmountWSU #BecomeMore #FairmountCollege

That’s my friend!! Killing it as always 🥹🐸 @paradyseb1

THE QUEEN OF THE DESERT!!😱🏜️ How insane is this GIANT Paronchestus Stick Insect from Central Australia!! 🧡 Sleep deprived, but how worth to see this rare big girl walking on the road!!!! We safely put her back in a tree! 🌳

Our coverboard project ended for the season last Friday. Another successful year of tracking snake presence, and many more to come!

Pumpkin-spiced amphibians are IN! 🎃

In the rugged and rocky terrains of the Zagros mountains in Iran, a remarkable predator roams, known as the spider-tailed horned viper Look at its tail, the tip resembles the shape of a spider, but not only that it moves just like a spider, and used as a hunting tool to lure insectivorous birds 📹 Michael Vescio, IG viperbreeder

Celebrating some great folks on this #FacultyFriday - Congrats to @xingli_giam and @stephaniekivlin who were recently notified of their promotions to Associate Professor, and to @hybridActinop who was promoted to Distinguished Lecturer!

Feeling so lucky to have these amazing people by my side as I start my PhD journey 😊 our cohort of new grad students is the largest yet in the department, and this isn’t even all of us!! @UTK_EEB #govols 🍊