Emily Taylor
@emilytaylorscience.com
Professor of Biology at Cal Poly SLO • Author • Snake rescuer • Founder of Central Coast Snake Services • Co-founder of Project RattleCam and Snake Week
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Found some gems in Powell’s Bookstore during SICB in Portland!! @emilytaylorscience.com @powells.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Found some gems in Powell’s Bookstore during SICB in Portland!! @emilytaylorscience.com @powells.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
One of my favorites from my forthcoming book 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 - a series of images over several weeks showing a Wandering Salamander mama attending her eggs, and eventually, salamanderlings. ❤
Get your signed book here: www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
Get your signed book here: www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
January 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
One of my favorites from my forthcoming book 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 - a series of images over several weeks showing a Wandering Salamander mama attending her eggs, and eventually, salamanderlings. ❤
Get your signed book here: www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
Get your signed book here: www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
Happy 2026 to all. I thought you might enjoy this 1997 photo of me handling my very first rattlesnake, a Prairie Rattlesnake! I much prefer to gaze at them live on the rattlecam.
Wishing all of us a very snakey 2026,
Emily Taylor
Project RattleCam (RattleCam.org) co-founder
Wishing all of us a very snakey 2026,
Emily Taylor
Project RattleCam (RattleCam.org) co-founder
January 1, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Happy 2026 to all. I thought you might enjoy this 1997 photo of me handling my very first rattlesnake, a Prairie Rattlesnake! I much prefer to gaze at them live on the rattlecam.
Wishing all of us a very snakey 2026,
Emily Taylor
Project RattleCam (RattleCam.org) co-founder
Wishing all of us a very snakey 2026,
Emily Taylor
Project RattleCam (RattleCam.org) co-founder
I am excited to share my new book, California Amphibians and How To Find Them, hot off the press from Heyday Books and ready to help guide your wet winter frog and salamander adventures! It is available now from my website or Feb 3 at bookstores.
www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I am excited to share my new book, California Amphibians and How To Find Them, hot off the press from Heyday Books and ready to help guide your wet winter frog and salamander adventures! It is available now from my website or Feb 3 at bookstores.
www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
www.centralcoastsnakeservices.com/shop.html
I can't wait!
Good news! From now until January 1, you can get 25% off your pre-order of my new book!!! 🧪🐻🦑🦉🐜🐍🦀
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The sale only lasts 3 days! Tell everyone you know!
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January 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't wait!
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Took this photo of this gorgeous Southern Pacifc Rattlesnake in the Marina back in March through binoculars. Not an easy thing to do. It was so sureal seeing this creature in the flesh, I was just in aww. When I heard there was a rattler from a cowork, I went running to it
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December 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Took this photo of this gorgeous Southern Pacifc Rattlesnake in the Marina back in March through binoculars. Not an easy thing to do. It was so sureal seeing this creature in the flesh, I was just in aww. When I heard there was a rattler from a cowork, I went running to it
@emilytaylorscience.com
@emilytaylorscience.com
New rattlesnake pup yawns
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
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December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Funded Master's position in Rattlesnake Biology at Cal Poly SLO
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Please share!
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Please share!
December 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Funded Master's position in Rattlesnake Biology at Cal Poly SLO
jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
Please share!
jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
Please share!
𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐃𝐎𝐂 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘
I am recruiting a postdoc to join the lab in summer/fall 2026! This is a fully funded, 2-year position. Please share with your networks!
Application details: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Photo is of a rattlesnake I found on campus today (in Dec!)...
I am recruiting a postdoc to join the lab in summer/fall 2026! This is a fully funded, 2-year position. Please share with your networks!
Application details: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Photo is of a rattlesnake I found on campus today (in Dec!)...
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐃𝐎𝐂 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘
I am recruiting a postdoc to join the lab in summer/fall 2026! This is a fully funded, 2-year position. Please share with your networks!
Application details: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Photo is of a rattlesnake I found on campus today (in Dec!)...
I am recruiting a postdoc to join the lab in summer/fall 2026! This is a fully funded, 2-year position. Please share with your networks!
Application details: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
Photo is of a rattlesnake I found on campus today (in Dec!)...
My lizard book was featured this weekend in the New York Times!
If you want a signed copy and a freebie, read on...
If you want a signed copy and a freebie, read on...
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My lizard book was featured this weekend in the New York Times!
If you want a signed copy and a freebie, read on...
If you want a signed copy and a freebie, read on...
It's Giving Tuesday! All year long, we give our time, our knowledge, and our joyful determination to help ensure that you can watch rattlesnakes behaving naturally, peacefully, as they actually do at RattleCam.org. 1/2
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's Giving Tuesday! All year long, we give our time, our knowledge, and our joyful determination to help ensure that you can watch rattlesnakes behaving naturally, peacefully, as they actually do at RattleCam.org. 1/2
Feeling thirsssssssty?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVB-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVB-...
Rattlesnake drinking party
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
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November 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Feeling thirsssssssty?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVB-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVB-...
Black Friday Sale! 🖤🛒🛍️ Support your favorite livestream Project RattleCam and get 20% off merchandise with code Rattlesnake. Discount expires on Sunday.
www.CentralCoastSnakeServices.com/shop
www.CentralCoastSnakeServices.com/shop
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Black Friday Sale! 🖤🛒🛍️ Support your favorite livestream Project RattleCam and get 20% off merchandise with code Rattlesnake. Discount expires on Sunday.
www.CentralCoastSnakeServices.com/shop
www.CentralCoastSnakeServices.com/shop
Get yer stocking stuffers and holiday gifts here, and benefit our exclusively donor-funded program! The snakes thank you.
Use code Rattlesnake in the Shop at Rattlecam.org.
Use code Rattlesnake in the Shop at Rattlecam.org.
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Get yer stocking stuffers and holiday gifts here, and benefit our exclusively donor-funded program! The snakes thank you.
Use code Rattlesnake in the Shop at Rattlecam.org.
Use code Rattlesnake in the Shop at Rattlecam.org.
Enjoy the soothing sight of a rattlesnake shedding her skin
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
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November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
That's a wrap for 2025, folks!
Here is some summer footage of huge piles of rattlesnakes to get you dreaming of next summer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyn...
Here is some summer footage of huge piles of rattlesnakes to get you dreaming of next summer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyn...
Baby surfs ocean of adult rattlesnakes
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
That's a wrap for 2025, folks!
Here is some summer footage of huge piles of rattlesnakes to get you dreaming of next summer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyn...
Here is some summer footage of huge piles of rattlesnakes to get you dreaming of next summer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyn...
Content warning: baby rattlesnake is eaten by a badger!
So far, we have only witnessed baby rattlesnakes being preyed upon, and always when there are no adults around. Adult rattlesnakes definitely get eaten by predators, but we just have not see that on the stream.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLUc...
So far, we have only witnessed baby rattlesnakes being preyed upon, and always when there are no adults around. Adult rattlesnakes definitely get eaten by predators, but we just have not see that on the stream.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLUc...
Badger eats baby rattlesnake!
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Content warning: baby rattlesnake is eaten by a badger!
So far, we have only witnessed baby rattlesnakes being preyed upon, and always when there are no adults around. Adult rattlesnakes definitely get eaten by predators, but we just have not see that on the stream.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLUc...
So far, we have only witnessed baby rattlesnakes being preyed upon, and always when there are no adults around. Adult rattlesnakes definitely get eaten by predators, but we just have not see that on the stream.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLUc...
News of the day:
A raccoon came through early this morning and ate the remains of Pansy, 6 days after she died.
You can watch it starting at 6:06am at this link, and it goes on for over an hour.
youtu.be/y5vKYomHL1o?...
A raccoon came through early this morning and ate the remains of Pansy, 6 days after she died.
You can watch it starting at 6:06am at this link, and it goes on for over an hour.
youtu.be/y5vKYomHL1o?...
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
News of the day:
A raccoon came through early this morning and ate the remains of Pansy, 6 days after she died.
You can watch it starting at 6:06am at this link, and it goes on for over an hour.
youtu.be/y5vKYomHL1o?...
A raccoon came through early this morning and ate the remains of Pansy, 6 days after she died.
You can watch it starting at 6:06am at this link, and it goes on for over an hour.
youtu.be/y5vKYomHL1o?...
The cold weather has arrived! Will we glimpse a snake again this season? Time will tell over the next week or so.
Meanwhile, enjoy this video of Pansy (RIP) with a beautiful damselfly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBmT...
Meanwhile, enjoy this video of Pansy (RIP) with a beautiful damselfly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBmT...
Damsel(fly) In Distress?
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The cold weather has arrived! Will we glimpse a snake again this season? Time will tell over the next week or so.
Meanwhile, enjoy this video of Pansy (RIP) with a beautiful damselfly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBmT...
Meanwhile, enjoy this video of Pansy (RIP) with a beautiful damselfly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBmT...
Heads up, academic people. The #NSFGRFP letters of recommendation are due at 2pm Pacific time today!
Oh, and tell your student applicants, there are new formatting rules buried in the RFP. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Oh, and tell your student applicants, there are new formatting rules buried in the RFP. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Heads up, academic people. The #NSFGRFP letters of recommendation are due at 2pm Pacific time today!
Oh, and tell your student applicants, there are new formatting rules buried in the RFP. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Oh, and tell your student applicants, there are new formatting rules buried in the RFP. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Throwback to summer squash piles of snakes! Their "armlessness" makes it impossible to swat mosquitoes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab8A...
Mosquitoes drinking rattlesnake blood!
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Throwback to summer squash piles of snakes! Their "armlessness" makes it impossible to swat mosquitoes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab8A...
We can't believe it's November! Weather is rapidly cooling, and the Colorado cam will shut down for the winter in about two weeks. Watch now while you still can!
This baby is out right now, cruising around behind vegetation.
RattleCam.org
This baby is out right now, cruising around behind vegetation.
RattleCam.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We can't believe it's November! Weather is rapidly cooling, and the Colorado cam will shut down for the winter in about two weeks. Watch now while you still can!
This baby is out right now, cruising around behind vegetation.
RattleCam.org
This baby is out right now, cruising around behind vegetation.
RattleCam.org
Who are Rattlesnakes Afraid Of?
YouTube video by Project RattleCam
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The biology department at Cal Poly is hiring multiple tenure-track positions, including animal physiology! Come work with me in paradise.
jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The biology department at Cal Poly is hiring multiple tenure-track positions, including animal physiology! Come work with me in paradise.
jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...
jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...