by Whiting | Jul 27, 2014 | Cane toad cognition, Cognition, Lab news, Social behaviour, Tree skink project
We have acquired an amazing new indoor space in which we can study lizard and toad behaviour and cognition. We have a small room for a Morris Water Maze for studying spatial cognition (ably set up by Jodie Gruber), a much larger room with lots of shelves and CCTV...
by Whiting | Jul 26, 2014 | Book club, Books
Here is the second in our series of book reviews by members of the Lizard Lab. Review by James Baxter-Gilbert Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein – Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe. Mario...
by Whiting | Jul 6, 2014 | Books, Lizard Lab book club
The Lizard Lab has a book club that we launched a few years ago to showcase what the lab was reading. We have now added a book reviews page and the first book review is posted below. Click on the Book Club tab (main menu bar) to learn more about what lab members are...
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...
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...