GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she relocated from Seattle to NYC with her parrots after earning a BS in Microbiology (emphasis in Virology) and PhD in Zoology (Ornithology) from the University of Washington. In NYC, she was the Chapman Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History for two years, pursuing part of her "dream" research project by reconstructing a molecular phylogeny of the parrots of the South Pacific islands. GrrlScientist and her five parrots are currently relocating to Germany, where she will continue writing her blog while also writing a book and learning German. (Meanwhile, her parrots will continue to nibble on her extensive personal library.) If you appreciate GrrlScientist's writing, you can help pay her living expenses by hiring her to "blog" your conference, speak at your club or write articles for your publication (or by clicking on the Paypal button below). If you read an essay on this blog that you especially enjoyed, please nominate it for inclusion in 
Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum.
Photographed when a friend and I were out looking for
herps and spiders in south of Ottawa, Ontario in Sept. 2005.
Image: Bev Wigney.
I am receiving so many gorgeous images from you, dear readers, that I am overwhelmed by the beauty of the images and the creatures and places in those images. If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image (I prefer JPG format) that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.
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Comments
It's cute!
Posted by: llewelly | November 26, 2006 6:12 PM
Okay, I've looked all over the site and I can't find it. What email address do I use? It's gotta be something obvious, but I'm lost :(
Posted by: miz_geek | November 26, 2006 10:07 PM
There is just something about newts and salamanders that have always been just adorable to me! Too cute! :)
Posted by: Dianne | November 27, 2006 10:35 AM
cool!
but i bet my cat thinks it's even cooler.
it's the nature of the beast, i'm afraid.
Posted by: whaleshaman | December 1, 2006 12:18 PM
umm.... it looks wierd, but pretty cool
Posted by: nicole | February 8, 2007 5:34 PM
i have one just like it
Posted by: hannah montana | April 29, 2007 12:41 PM