New video out!
And...it's the first one from 2026! A proper visit to California, where the first full day in state gave up an exciting brand new lizard species, a very surprising predation event...and a species of snake I've been dying to see in the wild for years.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/22U7CNYxpOU

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New video out!
And it's the final installment from 2025...the driest I've yet encountered the eastern Plains region being, but despite that salamanders still showed up (including a new subspecies for the channel), as well as a new skink species!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/-_mhxoh77I8

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New video out!
Almost wrapped up on last year's Midwest trip (one more video to come), and this one crossed Tennessee and southern Arkansas, finding two new amphibian species as well as a couple familiar critters.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/V6DNTY3Mos4

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Snake Spotlight: Great Basin Rattlesnake, Crotalus (oreganus) lutosus!
Whether you’re in the camp that calls them their own species, or a subspecies of western rattlesnake, this is a spectacular intermountain animal. Found from central Utah north into southern Idaho and eastern Oregon/northeast California, down through most of Nevada and just into northern Arizona, they are widespread and adaptable animals that range from low desert scrub to alpine meadows at over 11,000 feet in some ranges. Adults average around 3 feet long but can reach over 5, and have an extremely variable coloration from sandy to almost white backgrounds and blotches that can be barely visible, matching background but outlined in dark borders, or to deep black contrasting the rest of them. They prey mostly on small mammals, lizards, and ground birds but occasionally take amphibians or even large insects when young. Like all rattlesnakes they are shy, reclusive animals that do their best to avoid being detected, but are often quick to rattle and strike a defensive pose if they feel cornered. And also like all rattlesnakes: they suffer from human development in their preferred foothills slope habitats and the persecution that often follows when they end up near homes that are now where their home was.
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New video out!
A relatively short one again, as on this day we attempted visiting Mammoth Cave!...but the coincidence of it being during the government shutdown last year meant, the cave itself was not actually open (a disappointment that will hopefully be remedied in near future). Despite that, the surrounding area was still traversable, and on the hikes there were a few critters that did in fact make themselves known!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/Zt0HiMKOC-w

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New video out!
We're back to the Midwest trip again, and the second day...while a snake did manage to make it into this vid, it's the salamanders that steal the spotlight. Two brand new, chunky lifer species in fact!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/bVIGU6wZw-w

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New video out!
Today has not gone well ($700+ in the can for a phone replacement), but this trip did; looking back to the last adventure of 2025, which started off on a Snake Road Visit that turned into the most diverse species record I've yet had there! Frogs, salamanders, more types of snakes than pretty much all previous trips combined, and even a couple spectacular lifers!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/sN4JBi7e4Jg

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New video out!
The final installment of the (mostly) Arizona trip, where the night drive out into New Mexico ended up being the saving grace snake-wise again. The video title is a little tongue-in-cheek, since many people think of snakes as being solely very warm-weather active animals...but the most spectacular ones in this video showed up when it was positively chilly out.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/1Jw7ulBdnKc

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New video is out!
Admittedly, a somewhat shorter and slower wildlife addition this time as the southeast region of Arizona remains enigmatically difficult frequently...but with some interesting lizard and diamondback highlights, and the saving of a new subspecies of snake from being ended by unaware people driving down the road.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/ZxK484p9aJQ

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