nothing wrong with tangled tape measures and string transects 😂😭 #leafcounterandproud

jogging round uni of reading campus this morning, had to stop to check out the wildlife -so many butterflies in a patch of long grass left unmown over the summer! just goes to show how something as easy as not cutting the grass can help nature 🌾🦋🌻

Flying over Caroni Swamp on the first leg of our 18hr journey home. After a month of floods, sweat and (occasional) tears this years field season is at an end 😢 But the experiences we've had, wildlife we've seen and people we've met have made this trip truly unforgettable 💙🏝️🐟 Thank you Trinidad!!!

halfway through fieldwork already! time flies when you're catching smallfry🐟🐟🐟 guppy gang in the pitch lake + surrounding waterways catching fish and exploring the gooeylogical features of the largest asphalt lake in the world

repping RHUL at caroni swamp 🇹🇹🦩🐊 spectacled caiman, flamingos, scarlet ibis and silky anteaters ... it's not only guppies on this field trip!

first day of fieldwork complete! got a little too up close and personal with the pitch lake water (you can really feel the upwelling) but overall success ✨🐟🌎

@evolecollab.bsky.social lab cleaned up at the RHUL biology PGR symposium 🐟💪 best MSc talk (Ella) + runner up (Rebecca) and best PhD poster (yours truly)😎

I knew walking around with nice looking leaves in my pocket would eventually come in handy

why do guppies keep colonising oil polluted habitats and how is this affecting their ecology? is oil pollution all bad*? come find out at the #bes2024 poster session this evening!

(*it is yeah)

Pitch Lake in Trinidad, the worlds biggest asphalt lake. the water on the surface is full of toxic sulphur + hydrocarbons, but still supports a diverse wetland ecosystem 🐟🪿we've been looking at community composition to see whats going on under the surface 🌊

Hi there! I'm Hannah, a PhD student at @royalholloway.bsky.social studying the #ecology and #evolution of guppies in oil-polluted waters in Trinidad 🐠🇹🇹 I look at freshwater ecology, rapid adaptation, and have even begun dipping my toe into genomics (scary stuff!🫣)