Evan Grimes 🐢

he/they. Dev of MSHerps. Wildlife photographer, M.S. in wetland ecology. Previously worked with turtles and frogs.

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

Recent full moons from this summer, including the harvest moon + partial eclipse 🌕

[Danté Fenolio, Ph.D. @DanteFenolio]

"Dragon Goby" / "Violet Goby" (Gobioides broussonnetii) ranges along the southern Atlantic coast of the US, through the coastal region of the Gulf of Mexico, down the coast of Central America, and along the coast of South America to Brasil and around some Caribbean Islands.

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

@MountainGal2023 @nickmmark Lmao minimizing physiological studies to the buzzwords you heard from tv/media is hilarious. If you can’t possibly understand the value in simply attempting to understand and discover about the planet around us you should touch grass

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

@Wormy_Sturgeon this is just crazy to me, I should have this up in Iowa but it’s just cold!

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

unpopular opinion but I think ~only~ the people that have genuine knowledge and deep appreciation for nature and ecology should be making all of the decisions related to the natural resources we have left. thoughts? 😇

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

Lifer Snowy Owl I’m so happy 🥹❄️🦉

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

@JeffreyMWard American Tree Sparrow!

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

Have not been on here in a minute! Wanted to share a few of my favorite iPhone pics of herps in hand from 2024. Hope everyone has a happy new year! 🐍🐢🐸 #herpetology

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

I sadly don’t have any sort of backlog of Desmognathus photos. But for #desmognathusweek I want to share a few alternate shots of some of my favorite species from the last few years! D. conanti, D. auriculatus, D. valentinei, and D. kanawha

[Robert Francis @rbfrncs]

We need to return to the days of bird-themed propaganda.

[wilderness proponent @JTommins]

once again can’t stress enough to go learn your local plants and animals. learn trees so you can ID them at a distance, in a car or train. learn the songs of the most common birds. stay up at night and see who comes out of hiding

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

@calklattgolba It’s honestly what I remember getting me hooked on ecology topics as a kid. All the stuff in and around ponds and streams 🤓

[Jake Scott @Caudatejake]

Two of several Eastern Long-toed Salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum krausei) found next to a large permanent pond with ephemeral wetlands along its border in western Montana.

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

Basking turtles in Iowa this summer 😇

[James Bullock @JMBecologist]

Many ecologists are excited about new tech - eg AI, ecoacoustics, automated monitoring...

And some imply that this tech will help reverse biodiversity loss

Without decisive socio-political action on the nature emergency, all this tech will do is document further loss & collapse

[Nicholas Sly @nickslybirdguy]

In honor of fall migration, the moon has dressed up as a Wilson’s Warbler

[Evan Grimes 🐢 @ms_herps]

wow. this was accurate for me as well, left after a year for my own good!

[Erik Mohlin @karlerikmohlin]

Pretty strong evidence of negative mental health effects of doing a PhD.
Recent working paper by
@EvaRanehill, @annahsandberg, Sanna Bergvall, and Clara Fernström.
Paper link: https://t.co/7X4uEjzPCC

[Jake Scott @Caudatejake]

Calvin still spits the true today. I can honestly say I learned to read (maybe not comprehend a lot) on Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes series.