For lab meeting this week, the Fitzpatrick lab visited the greenhouse next door and repotted some of our plants! — 03/03/2025

Congratulations to Brittany for not only passing, but conquering, her qualifying exams! We have another PhD candidate in the house! — 02/25/2025

The Fitzpatrick Lab and Co., a.k.a. WeSAW (We Study Animals in the Wild), had an amazing time teaching Southwood Valley Elementary students about what it’s like to be a wildlife biologist! A special shoutout to Asher, Brittany’s bearded dragon, for interacting with the kids! — 02/07/2025

The Fitzpatrick crew had another great year at TAMU Biology’s annual Student and Postdoc Research Conference (SPRC)! Brittany, Austen, and Ruby got to share some of their dissertation work with the department. Congratulations to Brittany for participating in the Data Blitz and winning best poster! — 01/25/25

Austen eats and drinks some much needed cheese and champagne with the lab and friends after passing his qualifying exams! Congratulations to the Fitzpatrick Lab’s first PhD candidate! — 11/13/24

Ruby attended the Evolution 2024 conference in Montreal, Québec! Not only did she present her research on female adolescence, but she was also selected to share a story in partnership with The Story Collider. Ruby gives an enthralling account of a potential near-death experience during her time managing a remote field site in Zambia. Give it a listen! — July 2024

Courtney, Colton, and Austen had a great time presenting at the Animal Behavior Society meeting in London, Ontario, hosted by Western University! Shoutout to Courtney for organizing a symposium entitled, “Female ornamentation and reproductive competition: a compendium of possible mechanisms.” — June 2024

Brittany’s first official field season for her dissertation at Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) in Portal, AZ. Brittany spent nearly four months wrangling, observing, and hatching Sceloporus virgatus lizards to uncover more about the females’ sexual ornamentation. Stay tuned for her exciting results! — Summer 2024

Courtney had the pleasure of visiting both Notre Dame and the University of Oklahoma to give seminar talks this fall. Thanks to Drs. Julian Torres-Dowdall and Ingo Schlupp, respectively, for being such great hosts. — 10/10/2023 & 11/15/23

The Fitzpatrick Lab, and family, gathered out at the range area to watch the annular solar eclipse. Eerie and other-wordly, we have our calendars marked for April 2024 when we are very near the path of totality! — 10/06/2023

The Fitzpatrick Lab hosted Dai Shizuka for a visit to EEB. We took Dai for a walk at the range area and saw a cottonmouth. The dyed-in-the-wool herpetologist among us was particularly happy about that. Thanks for visiting us and for a great seminar, Dai! — 09/11/2023

In preparation to send Elizabeth George off to her new job in the Carter Lab at The Ohio State University, we gathered for some bowling! Fitzpatrick Lab trivia: Austen has been a serious bowler most of his life. He tolerated some non-serious bowling and was generous with his tutorials! — 07/02/2023

Brittany took her first trip to the Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) in Arizona to meet up with collaborators and to start hatching plans for her dissertation research, which will focus on understanding the biology of female breeding color in striped plateau lizards. — 05/2023

The Fitzpatrick Lab hosted Joel McGlothlin for a visit to the Biology department. Thanks for visiting us and for a great seminar, Joel! — 04/2023

The Fitzpatrick Lab hosted Liz Hobson for a visit to the Biology department. Thanks, Liz, for a great seminar! — 09/2022

As the lab works on launching studies of female ornamentation in lizards, we all took a road trip to the Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) to meet up with collaborator Stacey Weiss and to see some Sceloporus virgatus in the flesh! We made the hardcore decision to drive from College Station to SWRS in one day, which we don’t recommend! But the Chiricahuas do not disappoint. — 07/2022