by Whiting | Nov 4, 2019 | Conservation, Dispatches from the field, Ecology, Lab news, Lizard Lab adventures
Note, this field work formed the basis for Angela’s Masters thesis. By Angela Simms I wasn’t sure what to expect on the first night searching for the Sulawesi Forest Turtle. As little as 30 minutes into the stream walk, our local guide spots a large male perched...
by Whiting | Oct 15, 2019 | Behaviour, Cognition, Egernia, Lab news
Birgit recently gave a public lecture about her research on lizard cognition at a mini-conference “The Future of Herpetology, Inspiring Women and Forgotten Frogs: A conference promoting women’s voices in herpetology”. Watch her talk (below) and find out...
by Whiting | Aug 5, 2018 | Herpetology, Lab news, Lizard Lab facilities
This is a behind-the-scenes video tour of the lab. We will show you our research facilities, some of our study animals, and our lizard enclosures. This video was entirely put together by Cooper Van De Wal. Cooper is a student at Macquarie and volunteers in the lab. He...
by Riley | Sep 7, 2016 | Lab news, Lizard Lab adventures, Science news
Note: the following post is by Julia Riley and also posted on her web page. On 14 August 2016, a small contingent of the Lizard Lab headed from Sydney, Australia to Hangzhou, China for the 8th World Congress of Herpetology. Our fearless leader, Martin Whiting, as well...
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...
