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Tug of war between survival and reproductive fitness: how chameleons become brighter without predators around

by Whiting | Jul 21, 2023 | Animal signals, Behaviour, Chameleons, Visual ecology

Republished from The Conversation Martin Whiting, Author provided Martin Whiting, Macquarie UniversityInvasive species offer a rare research opportunity, as they often colonise new environments very different to their native habitat. One such species is the Jackson’s...

Social lizards know what is more but not what is bigger!

by Whiting | Jul 16, 2021 | Cognition, Egernia, Publications

This blog post was written by Birgit Szabo. Birgit did her PhD in the Lizard Lab, working on cognition in lizards, with a focus on behavioural flexibility. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bern in Switzerland, working in Dr. Eva...

How will global warming affect egg-laying and live-bearing species? We asked one of the most extraordinary lizards in the world

by Whiting | Oct 28, 2020 | Behaviour, Ecology, Global warming, Saiphos equalis

Do I, or don’t I? Are lizards capable of inhibitory control?

by Whiting | Oct 1, 2020 | Behaviour, Cognition

Competing through eating: lessons from a lizard

by Whiting | Sep 13, 2020 | Behaviour, Publications

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