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How a wildlife photographer found one of his biggest challenges with house cats

Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · 4d

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Wildlife photographer Tim Flach has been around the world to get the perfect shot. But his latest book, titled "Feline," may have been one his biggest challenges.

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Sep 4

More on Anole Eye Spots www.anoleannals.org/2025/09/04/m...

More on Anole Eye Spots

Some green anoles sometimes temporarily develop a black spot behind their eyes. We had a great post on why this happens in 2011. Spoiler: it’s a sign of stress. Reader Seth Whaland has provid…

Anolis cybotes, the Hispaniolan Stout Anole

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Aug 26

Anolis cybotes, the Hispaniolan Stout Anole floridensis.com/2025/08/26/a...

Last updated on Tuesday 26 August 2025.Florida is home to an array of non-native Anolis species. Some of these introduced species are extremely widespread, such as Anolis sagrei (the Cuban brown an…

New Orleans’ Brown Anoles Can Tolerate Extraordinary Amounts of Lead in Their Blood

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Aug 24

New Orleans' Brown Anoles Can Tolerate Extraordinary Amounts of Lead in Their Blood www.anoleannals.org/2025/08/23/n...

Tulane University reports: Lead-resistant lizards in New Orleans could hold clues to combating lead poisoning August 20, 2025 9:00 AM Stacey Plaisance [email protected] Tulane researchers found…

Settling with the federal government may be the right call for Harvard, but doing so will be a blow to American democracy

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Aug 22

Fight Fiercely Harvard
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Fight Fiercely Harvard

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Israel's Gaza War Has Made Me Ashamed to Be a Jewish Zionist

Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Aug 7

Israel's Gaza War Has Made Me Ashamed to Be a Jewish Zionist
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Israel's fight against Hamas started as a just war, but is now a moral travesty

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Jul 25

Leiocephalus carinatus, the Northern Curly-tailed Lizard

Last updated on Friday 25 July 2025.At some point in the 1940s, somebody decided to intentionally release a number of non-native Northern curly-tailed lizards (Leiocephalus carinatus armouri, speci…

The Alluring Anoles of Alto Velo

Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Jul 23

At long last, The Cat's Meow featured in the New York Times...sort of. www.nytimes.com/.../books/re...

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Jul 19

The Alluring Anoles of Alto Velo www.anoleannals.org/2025/07/19/t...

Although I have not been a prolific poster on AA, I have enjoyed contributing articles about the obscure and rarely seen anoles of the Greater Antilles and Lucayan archipelagos, such as Anolis erne…

Some Thoughts on Trumpism and Soviet Communism on a Visit to Prague

Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Jul 19

Some Thoughts on Trumpism and Soviet Communism on a Visit to Prague
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With Trump’s tariffs and immigration police, there are echoes of Eastern Europe’s authoritarian past

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Jul 6

Non-native Herps Still Increasing in the Most Heavily Invaded Herp Community in the World. www.anoleannals.org/2025/07/06/n...

Non-native Herps Still Increasing in the Most Heavily Invaded Herp Community in the World.

There truly is never a dull moment in South Florida, especially for those of us who love herps. South Florida is a herper’s paradise with at least 63 exotic herps recorded in the state in addition …

How I built a 6 foot long stainless steel anole lizard sculpture: the Movie

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Jun 3

How I built a 6 foot long stainless steel anole lizard sculpture: the Movie www.anoleannals.org/2025/06/03/h...

Read about Steve Nielsen, the artist, here.

Dewlap Drama in the Slender Anole: a Tale of Two Throats

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · Jun 2

Dewlap Drama in the Slender Anole: a Tale of Two Throats www.anoleannals.org/2025/06/01/d...

Color us intrigued! In the world of Anolis lizards, the dewlap—a colorful throat fan used for communication—is one of the most iconic features. It’s been flaunted, flashed, and filmed in countless …

Caiman crocodilus, the Spectacled Caiman

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · May 27

Caiman crocodilus, the Spectacled Caiman floridensis.com/2025/05/27/c...

Last updated Tuesday 27 May 2025. This is a shorter post because, to date, I’ve only encountered and photographed one non-native Spectacled caiman in Florida. Native to the lower portion of C…

A Three-Legged Lizard Mystery

Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · May 25

A Three-Legged Lizard Mystery www.anoleannals.org/2025/05/25/a...

Anole Annals has featured a series of posts on three-legged lizards over the years (e.g., here and here). Now we need help. Some time around 2017, April Brown contributed a photo of a brown anole m…

Biologist Jonathan Losos, in Arts & Sciences, has documented evidence of a kind of "copycat" evolution between extremely short-faced breeds of cats and dogs. Generations of intentional breeding have l...

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · Apr 29

Here's a story about how breeding has smushed so many pet skulls that Persians and pugs resemble eachother more than their wild ancestors. Research from @jblosos.bsky.social 🧪 🐕 🐈 💀 source.washu.edu/2025/04/copy...

Copycat evolution

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Jhan C. Salazar, PhD @jhancsalazar.bsky.social · May 15

I’m beyond proud to share that I’ve officially earned my Ph.D. and served as Student Marshal for the School of Medicine at WashU! Grateful to my advisor, @jblosos.bsky.social, my committee, and everyone who supported me. And now, on to the next chapter!

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · May 18

The new rule would limit the Act to protecting species from intentional take, i.e., killing. This would be catastrophic for endangered species. While intentional take certainly threatens wild populations, habitat modification is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. Act today--deadline is Monday!

Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · May 18

USFWS and NOAA have a proposed rescinding the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. Presently, “harm” includes habitat modifications, such as those due to land-use change, invasive species, pollution. The new rule would be much more limited

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Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · May 18

Anolis cannibalis www.anoleannals.org/2025/05/17/a...

Anolis cannibalis

I live in Bermuda. Many years ago, my daughter and I witnessed a large male Graham’s anole devour a small female, same species. We were horrified as we had watched these particular individua…

Understanding Animal Behaviour, a Non-Fiction Graphic Novel

Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · May 16

Understanding Animal Behaviour, a Non-Fiction Graphic Novel www.anoleannals.org/2025/05/16/u...

I dislike textbooks. I still remember the dismay as an undergraduate student of spending all that money to buy hugely expensive textbooks. And if there was any sense of excitement on cracking the c…

Biologist Jonathan Losos, in Arts & Sciences, has documented evidence of a kind of "copycat" evolution between extremely short-faced breeds of cats and dogs. Generations of intentional breeding have l...

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · Apr 29

“The skulls of a Pug or a Pekingese and a Persian cat are more similar to each other than either is to their ancestors, the wolf and the North African wildcat,” said @jblosos.bsky.social .... “I don’t think anyone would have expected that.” source.washu.edu/2025/04/copy...

Copycat evolution

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · May 6

Anolis garmani, the Jamaican Giant Anole floridensis.com/2025/05/06/a...

Anolis garmani, the Jamaican Giant Anole

Admittedly, I’m playing a bit of an a-hole card by choosing Anolis garmani to be my first Anolis species on the current iteration of Floridensis. The Jamaican giant anole is a non-native (and…

Singapore National Parks Studying Impact of Introduced Brown Anoles (and the Greenhouse Frog)

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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · May 2

Singapore National Parks Studying Impact of Introduced Brown Anoles (and the Greenhouse Frog) www.anoleannals.org/2025/05/02/s...

From the pages of The Straits Times: NParks monitoring whether brown anole, greenhouse frog pose threat to native species Nparks said that it is aware of the presence of the brown anole (left) and …