sociality | The Lizard Lab

Tree skinks go to school: The complexities of social learning in lizards

by Fonti Kar | Jun 27, 2018 | Behaviour, Cognition, Egernia, Publications, Social intelligence, Sociality, Tree skink project

By: Fonti Kar & Julia Riley “Never study an animal that is smarter than you” – Dr Martin Whiting Animals learn about their environment and use what they have learnt while foraging, to increase mating success, avoid predators, and overall increase their...

Dispatches from the field: the social lizard landscape (Albury, New South Wales)

by Whiting | Jun 29, 2014 | Behaviour, Dispatches from the field, Lab news, Social behaviour, Tree skink project

Part I By Martin Whiting This post is long-overdue! Here, we are reporting on two field trips to our new study site in Albury, in New South Wales, close to the border with Victoria. In December of last year, Martin, Dan and Geoff While (University of Tasmania) went on...

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...