by Whiting | Feb 10, 2011 | Behaviour, Lab news, Sexual selection
African foam nesting frogs represent one of the most extreme examples of polyandry in a vertebrate and this is thought to be a fertility insurance mechanism. Our paper, just published online, shows that offspring from polyandrous matings had both significantly higher...
by Whiting | Jan 1, 2011 | Lab news
Living in Sydney does have its benefits! Photos copyright Martin...
by Whiting | Dec 26, 2010 | Behaviour, Weird and unusual
This yellow-striped tree skink (Lipinia vittigera) was filmed by Marc and Danielle Nardini at Angkor Wat ruins in Cambodia. While many lizards have conspicuous tails to draw predators to an ‘expendable’ body part, tail waving above the body is extremely...
by Whiting | Dec 11, 2010 | Weird and unusual
My friend Hamlet Giragossian recently showed me this very interesting web site called the Weird Book Room. Here is an explanation from their web site “Welcome to AbeBooks’ Weird Book Room – heralded by the New York Times, Canada’s Globe and...
by Whiting | Dec 1, 2010 | Lab news
The good news is that Pau Carazo, who recently completed his PhD at the University of Valencia, has won an Endeavour Award. This will fund him for a six month visit to the Lizard Lab in 2011, beginning in late February. An interesting, fun fact about Pau, is that he...
