James T. Stroud
@jamesTstroud
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Evolutionary ecologist (primarily lizards 🦎🦎🦎) #LizardsOnTheLoose outreach leader w/ @FairchdChallnge Assistant Prof in @GTBiology 🦎 🇬🇧 ➡️ 🇺🇲
Atlanta, GA
Joined September 2014
The mass migration is on! I'll still be around here but you can also find me on bluesky with the same handle 🦎🦎🦎
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3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild
theconversation.com
Most lizards probably don’t survive devastating injuries. But a new study documents 122 cases of limb loss across 58 species – these exceptions shine a new light on natural selection.
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3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild
theconversation.com
Most lizards probably don’t survive devastating injuries. But a new study documents 122 cases of limb loss across 58 species – these exceptions shine a new light on natural selection.
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Among certain lizard species, “three-legged pirates” — rare survivors of traumatic injuries — can run just as fast as their four-legged counterparts, maintain a healthy weight, reproduce successfully and live surprisingly long lives. https://t.co/27weWvnrGR
theconversation.com
Most lizards probably don’t survive devastating injuries. But a new study documents 122 cases of limb loss across 58 species – these exceptions shine a new light on natural selection.
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Among certain lizard species, “three-legged pirates” — rare survivors of traumatic injuries — can run just as fast as their four-legged counterparts, maintain a healthy weight, reproduce successfully and live surprisingly long lives. https://t.co/Kgi4tNa4On
theconversation.com
Most lizards probably don’t survive devastating injuries. But a new study documents 122 cases of limb loss across 58 species – these exceptions shine a new light on natural selection.
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Every now and then we observe wild lizards that have lost limbs. Turns out, they can biomechanically compensate! New work out now with great colleagues, spearheaded by @jamesTstroud! https://t.co/UJvLhKQXsC
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122 cases of limb loss in lizards revealed that these these rare survivors of traumatic injuries can run just as fast, maintain healthy body weight, reproduce successfully & live surprisingly long lives. Article: https://t.co/rCjDpUOamr Summary: https://t.co/gWEVI9aW5c
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Some fun chameleon and Anolis contributions from the Anderson Lab to this work!
122 cases of limb loss in lizards revealed that these these rare survivors of traumatic injuries can run just as fast, maintain healthy body weight, reproduce successfully & live surprisingly long lives. Article: https://t.co/rCjDpUOamr Summary: https://t.co/gWEVI9aW5c
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Our thrilling review - a journey of reptilian evolution - encompassing fossils, phylogenetics, and genomics - all about squamates (lizards and snakes), led by @paleoTsimoes and coauthored by me and Frank Burbrink - available in AREES
annualreviews.org
Squamates (lizards, including snakes) are the most diverse group of terrestrial vertebrates on Earth today and have an evolutionary history dating back to at least the Middle Triassic (ca. 242 Mya)....
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Envíennos sus resúmenes! Queremos oír todo lo que tengan para contar sobre la vida secreta (o no tan secreta!) de los anfibios y reptiles de la región 🐸🐢🐍🦎🐊 Nos vemos en Danta Marta! #4CCH @ACHerpetos
Anfibios y reptiles en acción! 🐸🔥...Selva, playa y bosque 🌳🌴: comportamiento e historia natural en el #4CCH en Santa Marta!!. @biobiiana @ACHerpetos @fvargas_salinas
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I’m so excited and proud to have my illustration of Mirasaura in the cover of NATURE! Just wow! Especially happy to do that with such an amazing species and such wonderful research!
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(1/2) We are thrilled to share that our faculty member, Anusha Shankar, has been awarded the Maxwell-Hanrahan Foundation Award in Field Biology! She is exploring how animals adapt to environmental variability, particularly those capable of lowering their body temperature and...
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And a huge shout out to the other 2025 award winners! What amazing company!! (4/4)
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For info on #foundation investing in people – scientists, teachers, conservationists and creators – visit https://t.co/opxwB8qbfp
#science #philanthropy (3/n)
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The away recognizes my lab's fieldwork studying the evolutionary ecology of lizards and will provide incredible support for us to continue! (2/n)
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Hugely honoured, surprised, excited, and all the other emotions to receive a Maxwell/Hanrahan Award in Field Biology! https://t.co/LfZxBtZEdT (1/n)
maxwell-hanrahan.org
Working with lizards to better understand how species adapt and evolve, James Stroud studies natural selection in the field and explores how ecological and
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Our new paper in @MethodsEcolEvol presents a method (and R package) that extrapolates OTM data to the landscape at high resolution with the help of an IR drone. Build detailed operative thermal maps for any day/time that loggers were deployed! (more below) https://t.co/jpJJuz1XVG
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The accurate quantification of thermal environments is crucial for predicting the impacts of climate change across ecosystems. Two major obstacles exist in mapping biologically relevant thermal l...
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I’m happy to announce that the @uprm Maddreptiles’ lab has been funded by the DTRA/DoD in collab w/ @prsciencetrust1 to study microbial contributions to toxin 🐸 🐍 production. This will fund several students over the next 3 years!
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