Dispatches from the field: spectacular horned lizards, leeches and delicious curries in Sri Lanka

by Whiting | Jan 30, 2012 | Ceratophora tennenttii, Lab news, Lizard ecology, Lizard Lab adventures, Sexual selection, Sri Lanka lizards

I didn’t have internet access in the field, so this dispatch is actually coming from my living-room in Sydney! I have just returned from a field trip with Ruchira Somaweera to the Knuckles Mountain range, which is to the north of Kandy in central Sri Lanka....

Dispatches from the field: bushfires, thorny devils and spinifex in Central Australia

by Whiting | Oct 17, 2011 | Desert skink project, Lab news, Lizard Lab adventures

We are currently at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary (about 350 km WNW of Alice Springs) working on sociality in the Great Desert Skink (Liopholis kintorei), which is the subject of Siobhan Dennison’s PhD. Adam Stow, Steve McAlpin and Martin Whiting flew in to Alice...

Dispatches from China part 2: lizards, yak poo and high altitude basketball

by Whiting | Jun 12, 2011 | Behaviour, China field work, Lizard Lab adventures, Toad-headed agamas, Uncategorized

We are currently in a race against the clock. Unfortunately the weather hasn’t exactly been kind to us. Yesterday was great, we had a nice sunny day and collected tons of data. (We are in China visiting and assisting Dr. Qi Yin on his toad-agama project with an eye to...

Dispatches from China part 1: Lizards, culture and our inability to understand the Chinese currency

by Noble | Jun 8, 2011 | China field work, Lab news, Lizard Lab adventures, Toad-headed agamas

For all those Lizard Lab followers, you’re in for a treat! For those of you who are not aware, Martin and Dan have been travelling through China with some colleagues (Dr. Qi Yin and Wu Yau Yong) to look at a peculiar and unique lizard population in the far North of...