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...
by Whiting | Sep 13, 2012 | Behaviour, Frog, Lab news, Sexual selection
Dynamic (physiological) colour change in the context of sexual selection is almost unstudied in frogs. The whirring tree frog (Litoria revelata) is one of several Australian frogs which use colour during sexual advertisement. Grant Webster’s honours project is...
by Whiting | Jul 19, 2012 | Behaviour, China field work, Lab news, Lizard Lab adventures, Toad-headed agamas
Blog posting by Dr. Qi Yin, Chengdu Institute of Biology (CAS) When you see the colorful and threatening face above, what response does this evoke? Imagine a lizard predator about to grab a lizard and suddenly it flares it’s cheek flaps and simultaneously...
by Whiting | Jul 6, 2012 | Behaviour, China field work, Lab news, Lizard Lab adventures, Toad-headed agamas, Uncategorized
This dispatch comes to you from the Tukai Desert in north-west China, a short drive (about 15 km) from the Kazakhstan border. We are three weeks into a six-week field trip. The lab is currently working on the evolution of complex tail waves and colour signals in Asian...
by Whiting | Jun 9, 2012 | Behaviour, Cognition, Lab news, Science news
Read an account of our recent work on mole-rat spatial cognition by Dani Cooper of ABC science. This work was carried out by Lydia du Toit while she she was on a postdoc with Martin. Mole-rats varied life boosts the brain — ABC Science ...
by Whiting | May 13, 2012 | Behaviour, Lab news, Sexual selection
by Mitch Scott The Lizard Lab has experienced a first this past year, with an honours project on the chemical communication in snakes, wrapping up this past April. The project has generated some excitement, both positive and slightly hesitant, with lizard enthusiasts...
