We're back! From Indio Ranch Research Station. Biol 1108 students headed to Indio Ranch to collect ants and see the biodiversity of the Chihuahuan Desert. Here are some photos from the first day. . Photo 1: Graduate student, Oceane picks up a large diamondback rattlesnake that had been run over by a car. . Photo 2: Indio Ranch spreads before us. . Photo 3: Students check out a black tailed rattlesnake at the station that is awaiting surgery. . . . #rattlesnakes #herping #indioranch #Indio #Crotalus #atrox #molossus #fieldtrips #camping #scicomm #desert #naturalhistory #biodiversity #museumlife #itsallgoodep #instaeptx #elpaso411 #herpetology #herpsofinsta #education https://www.instagram.com/p/BxIS4b8hmfe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zlp0ulr5wef3