by Whiting | Sep 16, 2011 | Augrabies flat lizards, Behaviour, Sexual selection, Visual ecology
Take a look at a this article by Max Mason in the Sydney Morning Herlad about Augrabies flat lizards. This is based on new work recently published by Fleishman, Loew and Whiting. It also refers to our previous work on UV-based signals that includes a whole list of...
by Whiting | Mar 21, 2011 | Augrabies flat lizards, Ecology, Lab news, Sexual selection
Lizards found to send secret signals – Australian Geographic.
by Whiting | Mar 21, 2011 | Augrabies flat lizards, Lab news, Sexual selection
Augrabies Flat lizards, made famous in David Attenborough’s Life in Cold Blood (Dragons of the Dry) and also in Planet Earth (Deserts) have made the news again. Our study of their visual system reveals remarkably high sensitivity to UV. In fact, they are...
by Whiting | Feb 22, 2011 | Ecology, Habitat use, Lab news
I recently visited my old field site at Augrabies Falls National Park, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The park is situated on the Orange River, not too far from the border with Namibia. I was in for a bit of a shock. The river was in flood and at its...