Last week we brought you breaking news on campus of baby deer being born. The other sure fire way to tell it is spring, mating season! Here is a pair of 5-lined skinks, Plestiodon fasciatus, doing a mating ritual:
Serendipity Friday. Saw this pair of Plestiodon fasciatus doing the spring mating ritual. They kindly let me take photos. I didn’t know that they mated on walls. pic.twitter.com/SycfAHQSmt
— Klaatu is back. (@RSprackland) May 17, 2019
Do you have a photo or video of an urban species doing something unusual? What about a rare plant or animal that you were surprised to find in a city? If so, let Lindsay know or Tweet at us and you could be featured as a future observation of the week!
I'm a recent graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University in the Integrative Life Science Doctoral Program. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Marc Johnson's EvoEco Lab at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
I am interested in urban ecology and evolution. Urbanization can have drastic impacts on local ecosystems, both negative and positive, and creates a new environment for organisms to experience. To understand the impacts that urbanization plays on organisms, I look through the lense of population genetics and molecular evolution.
I am interested in urban ecology and evolution. Urbanization can have drastic impacts on local ecosystems, both negative and positive, and creates a new environment for organisms to experience. To understand the impacts that urbanization plays on organisms, I look through the lense of population genetics and molecular evolution.
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