Jessica Light (she/her)

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Prof @TAMU. Evolutionary Biology. Mammalogy. Parasitology. Curator. March Mammal Madness. Mom.

Flier advertising an informational session about summer courses at the University of Michigan of Biological Station.
Haley standing in front of her introductory slide
Picture of an oak tree showing leaves beginning to brown for fall. Picture taken College Station, Texas.
A close up of one blade of the fern. At the top of the blade, the leaves are green, branching off the central stem into smaller stems, which each branch into small leaves. Lower on the blade, the blade branches into smaller sections that are dark brown and appear to be drier.
The interrupted fern in a forested area surrounded by trees and other ferns. The plant has several long blades, which each branch out into small leaves. In the center of the plant, the blades stand tall and the middle section is darker in color and with no branching leaves.
The head of a frilled shark. Its mouth is open, displaying multiple rows of small, sharp teeth. Behind its mouth are rows of gill coverings that are wavy in texture.
On the left is a mudskipper in the hand of a human to give an idea of size. Large head and pectoral fins observable. Image from: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151466936. On the right top, a mudskipper on land, in muddy substrate near water. Image from: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243490103. On the bottom right is a mudskipper swimming in the water. Image from: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253968281
Coelacanth image is on the left; a dark colored fish with lighter, bluish colored spots all over it's body. Body has many fins. Image taken from https://www.fishi-pedia.com/fishes/latimeria-chalumnae and image credit given to Laurent Ballesta (Expeditions Gombessa, Andromede Oceanologie). Mudskipper on the right. Fish is floating in shallow water with pectoral fins spread out. Image is from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72247272
yellow-rumped warbler in a tree
Video is a recording of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” played on a radio station. Image is the audio screen in a vehicle showing radio station, time, song title, and artist.
Bad picture of the moon over houses early morning. Mars is a bright spec to the upper left of the moon.
Picture is of a sticker on the back window of a car. The sticker reads: “When I see cows I make an announcement to the rest of the car that there are cows.” There also are two funny cow pictures on the back window
Click beetle in hand after 2 hrs of hide click seek in our window last night/this morning