The Tropidurus Genus & Struggling with Taxonomy

The Tropidurus Genus & Struggling with Taxonomy

Talita Bateman
Herpetology

Ah taxonomy…thou art a beautiful and heartless bitch. If you’ve ever looked into the tropidurus genus post 1979, you know what I’m talking about!

It’s not uncommon for friends and family to send or show me photographs of reptiles and amphibians they encounter during their holidays. They often ask me to identify the species, and usually, this can be done fairly easily – especially when you know exactly where the individual was found. However, some species can be very hard to differentiate by image and location alone.

Hiking in Cornwall

Hiking in Cornwall

Talita Bateman
Travel, Journal

Back in September, Alex, Casper and I spent a week in Cornwall on a hiking trip with the in-laws. The trip was really fun and Cornwall was, as expected, incredibly beautiful. We stayed at a little boutique dog-friendly hotel in Penzance called Artist Residence. The room included a little dog bed and they even provided Casper with some yummy dog treats!

TetZooCon 2018

TetZooCon 2018

Talita Bateman
Review, Events and Talks

TetZooCon this year was a two-day event that took place at UCL on the 6th and 7th October. Unfortunately, due to health reasons, I was unable to attend the last day - though I did follow it on Twitter using the hashtag #TetZooCon. If you’ve never heard of TetZooCon or Darren Naish’s famous Tetrapod Zoology blog (aka Tet Zoo), you are seriously missing out. TetZooCon is an annual meeting that features talks and workshops on topics explored in the Tet Zoo blog.

Palaeontological Museum Munich (Bayerische Staatssammlung)

Palaeontological Museum Munich (Bayerische Staatssammlung)

Talita Bateman
Review, Travel, Journal, Museum, Palaeontology

I went to Munich for the first time last week and decided to check out some of their natural history museums. I visited the famous Museum of Man and Nature on Sunday and as expected really enjoyed it. It's a great museum for children and adults alike and definitely worth visiting. However, I decided to write about the rather smaller but oh-so-very-exciting collection of the Palaeontological Museum.

Review: The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf

Review: The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf

Talita Bateman
Review, Events and Talks

This week, the Science Museum in London hosted an event featuring Andrea Wulf's latest book 'The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt - the lost hero of science'. The event was organised by the British Society for the History of Science and was presented in a conversation format between Wulf herself and Gaia Vince, the author of 'Adventures in the Anthropocene'.

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