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 | Sep 10, 2016 | Dispatches from the field, Frog, Herpetology, Lizard Lab adventures
After attending the 8th World Congress of Herpetology in China, I had a night and a day in South Korea before flying on to my next destination, the US. What to do? As it turned out, I had a windfall (thanks Julia). I met Amaël Borzée, a PhD student from Seoul National...
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 | Feb 10, 2014 | Cane toads, Lab news, Lizard Lab adventures, Water dragon project
Freek Vonk is a Dutch scientist and nature documentary presenter. He and his crew have just wrapped season 1 of “Freek in Australia”. Part of this series consisted of a day at our lab filming cane toads and discussing our work on cognition followed by a...
by Whiting | Oct 21, 2013 | Lab news, Lizard Lab adventures
Recently, Martin Whiting and Lizard Lab alumnus Pau Carazo made a pilgrimage to Down House, Charles Darwin’s family home where he wrote the Origin of Species and many of his other classic works and where he conducted many of his experiments. It was a highly...
by Whiting | Aug 5, 2013 | Animal signals, China field work, Lizard Lab adventures, Phrynocephalus, Toad-headed agamas
Take a look at photos from our field work in northern China, where we were studying complex communication in toad-headed agamas (Phrynocephalus). Our photos are loaded on Flickr, where you can view pictures of our study animals and past field trips. Click on the photo...
