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Recently, myself and collaborators published our study that found – social experience has a crucial role in development of a family-living lizard. We also discovered that despite their social nature, the Australian tree skink (Egernia striolata) does not necessarily thrive in a ‘share-house’ environment. Egernia striolata from Gluepot, South Australia Group- and family-living . . . → Read More: Hot off the press! Roommates are not all they’re cracked up to be (if you’re a lizard)  Comments are closed  Egernia, Sociality, Tree skink project  Egernia striolata, Julia Riley, lizard, Lizard Lab, social behaviour, social development A major interest in our lab is social behaviour and why animals live in groups. Group formation has evolved numerous times independently in many different species. Understanding the proximate mechanisms and ultimate (evolutionary) factors driving group formation is a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Stephan Leu recently spent time in the Lizard Lab and . . . → Read More: Tadpoles need friends too! Comments are closed Behaviour, Frog, Lab news, Publications, Science news, Social behaviour green and golden bell frog, group formation, Litoria aurea, social attraction, social behaviour, Stephan Leu, tadpole |
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