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 Our new paper on how the evolution of the relationship between hormones and gene expression can impact the evolution of sexual dichromatism was just published in the Journal of Heredity! Congratulations to first author Chris Robinson for this remarkably integrative research. Check out the link to read the paper.
Our new paper on how island colonization leads to rapid morphological and behavioral divergence in Panamanian slender anoles was just published in the journal Evolutionary Ecology! This project was a tremendous amount of work, and congratulations to first author Dr. Dan Nicholson! Check out the link to read the paper.
Our new paper on behavioral interactions between non-native bark anoles and brown anoles was just published in the Journal of Zoology! This research project was part of the Herpetology class that I teach at FIU. Congrats to first author Dr. Ian Clifton!
Check out the link to read the paper: https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzo.13094  Elizabeth Hoffman has joined FIU as a PhD student in the Cox lab! Elizabeth got her BS in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Purdue University. At Purdue, she studied impacts of environmental contaminants on northern watersnakes. She also studied semiaquatic anoles in Costa Rica. Elizabeth is developing dissertation ideas with anoles in our Panamanian system.
Noah Gripshover published the first chapter of his dissertation in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! In this paper, we describe flat-headed snakes and southeastern crowned snakes feed on the dangerous prey of centipedes. Noah was able to document some novel prey-handling techniques, and the videos of them feeding are gnarly! Check out the link to read the paper.
 Our new book chapter on the integrative biology of snake coloration was just published in the book "Snakes: Morphology, Function, and Ecology". This chapter is in collaboration with my colleague Alison Davis Rabosky, and we review the state of knowledge on snake coloration from cellular and genetic underpinnings to macroevolutionary patterns. The editor David Penning did a great job rounding up lots of excellent authors, and all of the chapters in the book are excellent! Check out the link to get the book.
Our new paper on regional heterothermy in ringneck snakes was just published in the Journal of Experimental Biology! This was a class project for a Field Herpetology course at the University of Virginia's Mountain Lake Biological Station. Check out the link to read the paper.
Our new paper on the impact of drought on Panamanian slender anole populations was just published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology! Check out the link to read the paper.
Our new paper on how climate anomalies and competition shape establishment success of experimentally introduced slender anole populations was just published in Ecology and Evolution! Check out the link to read the paper.
Our new paper on the species-specific expression of growth-regulatory genes in the GH/IGF-1 network was just published in Integrative and Organismal Biology! Check out the link to read the paper.
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