Dispatches from the field: new adventures with endangered crocodile lizards and oriental garden lizards

By Whiting, on December 2nd, 2017

It’s been a very busy year, which explains why I am only now writing this blog post from my trip to China earlier this year (May-June). I had the amazing opportunity of seeing one of the world’s most endangered lizards—the crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus), in the wild, and working with one of the largest . . . → Read More: Dispatches from the field: new adventures with endangered crocodile lizards and oriental garden lizards

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Dispatches from the field: touring China’s deserts in search of toad-headed agamas

By Whiting, on June 29th, 2013

I am currently in Xinjiang Province, northern China, with Dr. Qi Yin, our collaborator from the Chengdu Institute of Biology (CIB), which is part of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). We have funding from CAS to study the evolution of complex visual signals in toad-headed agamas (Phrynocephalus) and this is the second year . . . → Read More: Dispatches from the field: touring China’s deserts in search of toad-headed agamas

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Volunteering Opportunity

By Barquero, on May 13th, 2011

Are you interested in:

1. Biological sciences and research? 2. Traveling to beautiful and remote areas across Australia? 3. Learning about lizards?

If your answers are “yes”, then you might want to participate as a volunteer in this high quality research project.

I am looking for someone that is: 1. Highly motivated 2. . . . → Read More: Volunteering Opportunity

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