Research Scientist at the Florida Museum, PI on the NoCTURN research network. I use CT scanning and other imaging techniques to study the evolution, systematics and comparative morphology of reptiles, amphibians and all kinds of other critters.
Ed Stanley
Keeping it local for world lizard day- Rhineura floridana, also known as the Florida worm lizard or, brilliantly, the thunderworm, is a truly bizarre and wonderful creature. Eyeless, burrowing and restricted to the sandy soils of the sunshine state. What a fabulous weirdo!
Hot off the presses, a new paper that applies Geometric Morphometrics to CT scanned cacao flowers to identify potential pollinators. This was a really fun project led by Katie Wolcott, & one of the first studies to use of the new @UFRSC Versa 620 CT. bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Very excited to be part of the #ASIHin3D symposium! @hannahoish.bsky.social has put together an amazing lineup!
I’m delighted to see that altmetric is now incorporating Bluesky posts into their impact reporting.
Happy Halloween! No eye of newt or toe of frog, but here's a (sort of) blindworm's sting! Atractaspis, or stiletto snakes are so-named as they have a sharpened tail that they can poke attackers with, in addition to some pretty formidable fangs! UF:herp:68168 Atractaspis irregularis.
I’m excited for the upcoming publication of our paper summarizing the lessons learned from seven years of specimen digitization. The oVert project has produced tens of thousands of datasets and is changing the way people view and use collections.
Very happy that our new paper on the odd, looped optic nerves of chameleons is now out! It turns out having highly mobile eyes require some pretty specialized connections! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A tale of discovery about a tail of deglovery! The good folk over @BizarreBeasts have just released an excellent new video about spiny mice and their armored tails! I’ll wear my Acomys pin with pride! youtu.be/xKI9yIqyFWs?...
Delighted to receive my bizarre beast spiny mouse pins. I really love the video they put together, and am tickled that the armored, Eocene hedgehog thing, Pholidocercus, gets a shout out too!
🚨🍞 Fresh out of the oven! I am so happy yo share this new paper with @anura.bsky.social @drscanley.bsky.social and Jon Bloch! We found 28 Million years old fossils of the “Caribbean Amphinians 🎵🎶” Eleutherodactylus in Florida 🦴🐸 doi.org/10.1093/zool...
