by Whiting | Jul 20, 2016 | Animal signals, Behaviour, Publications, Sexual selection, Water skink project
by Fonti Kar Animals often find themselves in direct competition with other individuals for resources and mates. Because fighting is costly, many species honestly signal their fighting ability to avoid injury (non-escalated fights). For example, in flat lizards...
by Whiting | Jun 12, 2016 | Egernia, Social behaviour, Sociality, Tree skink project
Lizard Lab associate and honorary member Dr. James O’Hanlon has produced a fantastic mini-documentary about Julia Riley’s PhD work on tree skinks (Egernia striolata) and family living. The documentary offers some great views of our Albury study site and...
by Whiting | Feb 26, 2016 | Publications
by Whiting | Sep 25, 2015 | Lab news, Publications, Small-eyed snake
While there are snakes that have been shown to be territorial in an ecological context, such as Taiwanese kukrisnakes which defend sea turtle nests (citation below), territoriality in a sexual selection context has never been demonstrated in a snake. Until now. Jonno...
by Whiting | Jul 16, 2015 | Augrabies flat lizards, Lab news, Publications
David Attenborough has had, and continues to have, a remarkable career making documentaries about the natural world. To this end, he has inspired generations of biologists. We were very pleased when he turned his attention to amphibians and reptiles for the making of...
