by Whiting | Jan 9, 2013 | Conservation, Publications, Science news
With the exception of perhaps crocodiles and turtles, the attention devoted to the conservation of reptiles has for a long time lagged behind that devoted to birds and mammals. A recent study published in Biological Conservation, to which we contributed a small amount...
by Whiting | Jan 5, 2013 | Lab news
Admittedly a little late, but this is what happens when you leave your camera at a friend’s house in the city. All the best for 2013 from the Lizard Lab! We hope to keep providing field dispatches and news about our findings and those of the scientific community...
by Whiting | Dec 20, 2012 | Cognition, Lab news, Water skink project
The Reptile Living Room interviewed Lizard Lab member Dan Noble about our recent Biology Letters paper on spatial cognition in Eastern Water skinks. Here’s what he had to say:
by Whiting | Nov 8, 2012 | Behaviour, Cognition, Cunningham skink project, Social intelligence
Macquarie University is currently offering MQRES scholarships for prospective Australian or NZ PhD students who can commence by 15 December 2012. We know this is short notice, but the combination of a positive outcome in the latest funding round from the Australian...
by Whiting | Nov 8, 2012 | Behaviour, Lab news, Publications, Science news, Sexual selection
Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza, Enrique Font and Pau Carazo have just published their work on colour assortative mating in the polymorphic lizard Podarcis muralis in Behavioral Ecology. Pau has previously spent time in our lab and works with us on a number of projects. The...