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 | May 26, 2013 | Animal signals, Communication, Lab news, Publications, Sexual selection
Dave Hamilton, Martin Whiting and Sarah Pryke Recently, the Pryke Lab published its first paper on a reptile—the iconic Frillneck Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii). Both males and females have frills and until now, the consensus has always been that frills play a role in...
