Animal communication
We study how visual, chemical and behavioural signals evolve, what information they carry, and how animals respond to them.
Learn more →The Lizard Lab
Welcome to The Lizard Lab!
We are a behavioural ecology lab, with a particular focus on the signalling strategies, flexible minds and social lives of lizards. We are part of the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Read more about our research, who's who in the lab, field work, and the amazing facilities we have for studying animals under controlled conditions.
What we study
Three connected research themes
Cognition
We investigate how lizards learn, solve problems and adjust their behaviour when social and environmental conditions change.
Learn more →Social evolution
We examine the evolution of family living, cooperation, social complexity and parental care in lizards and other vertebrates.
Learn more →Latest work
Recent publications
Collaboration
Global collaborative network
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The species behind the science
Study animals
Social skinks
Black rock skinks (Egernia saxatilis) and tree skinks (E. striolata) feature heavily in our work on social development, family living and cognition.
