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December Meeting & Holiday Party

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, United States

This meeting will be our annual holiday party! Join us for some fun games, food, and lots of reptile fun! The regular monthly meetings of the Chicago Herpetological Society take place at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum at the corner … Continue reading

Board Meeting

Papa Passero's 6326 S Cass Ave., Westmont, IL, United States

Did you know that all CHS members are welcome to attend board meetings? Come to our next board meeting and learn what makes the CHS run!!! We would love to have some new perspectives and fresh input at our meetings!! … Continue reading

January Meeting – Michael Stefani, Captive Varanid Husbandry

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, United States

Speaker: Michael Stefani will be speaking on Captive Varanid Husbandry Michael Stefani, of "Mike's Monitors!” is a 55 year old male from the Chicago land area. As a 5 year old boy his mother gifted me a 3-toed box turtle … Continue reading

February Meeting – Mike Redmer, Where did Waldo Go? The eastern massasauga rattlesnake as a federally threatened species.

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, United States

Speaker: Mike Redmer Where did Waldo Go? The eastern massasauga rattlesnake as a federally threatened species. Throughout much of its historic range in the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest, the eastern massasauga rattlesnake is the only venomous species present. After … Continue reading

April’s Webinar Live from New Zealand!

Reproduction in the last of the Rhynchocephalians: insights and future work Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), the sole survivors of a once-widespread reptile order, offer insight into development and evolution across Reptilia. This lecture will explore some of the unique aspects of … Continue reading

May 26 Meeting

Title: Mambas, Malaria and Militias: 21st Century Herpetology in Democratic Republic of Congo The talk will explain the challenges for fieldwork in Central Africa, including poor infrastructure, tropical disease, and armed militias.  Evolutionary genetics studies of toads in the Congo … Continue reading

October meeting

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, United States

October meeting will be in person and virtual! Come on down to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Dr. October 27 at 7:30 if you want to mingle. Masks are required.

April Meeting live at the Notebaert Nature Museum

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, United States

The Evolution of the Toxin Uptake System in Poison Frogs Jeffrey Coleman I have had a lifelong passion for the outdoors, and I knew from the age of 12 that I wanted to be a scientist. I received my B.A. … Continue reading