Last year, just days after my team and I finished surveying two populations of Anolis scriptus in Turks and Caicos, the islands took a direct hit from Hurricane Irma. Shortly after that, Hurricane Maria barreled through. We realized that we had a serendipitous opportunity to investigate natural selection, and so Anthony Herrel and I returned to the islands, measured the survivors and, well, you’ll just have to keep scrolling…
I recently heard about ESRI StoryMaps for the first time. They’re a great, free online platform for using maps, pictures, and videos to tell a compelling story. I think they make for a great science communication tool. I put together a StoryMap about our project in Turks and Caicos and thought I’d share it here. I’d definitely recommend anyone interested to take a shot at making one, too. (Click here if the embed doesn’t work for you – it’s prettier full screen anyway).
- Body Condition and Jumping Predict Initial Survival in a Replicated Island Introduction Experiment - April 20, 2022
- Anoles in the Hot Seat on the Ologies Podcast - March 1, 2019
- Hold Tight Little Lizards! StoryMap Science Communication - December 16, 2018
Kevin Avilés-Rodríguez
Wow what a cool tool. It was great to re-experience the paper from this perspective with the pictures of the setup and gifs of measurements. Excellent work and thanks a lot for sharing.
Colin Donihue
Thanks! Let me know if you decide to make one. I’d be happy to share tips.