Martin Whiting
@lizardlab.bsky.social
Professor of Animal Behaviour. Posts mostly about The Lizard Lab - research group investigating behaviour, ecology, evolution of lizards (mostly). https://whitinglab.com/ for research, members, photos, blog. All other links: https://linktr.ee/lizard_lab
Check out this NY Times piece on a recent study led by @jameststroud.bsky.social and @jblosos.bsky.social on lizards surviving limb loss. The paper offers a fresh perspective on natural selection and was published in The American Naturalist: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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October 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Check out this NY Times piece on a recent study led by @jameststroud.bsky.social and @jblosos.bsky.social on lizards surviving limb loss. The paper offers a fresh perspective on natural selection and was published in The American Naturalist: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values
If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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To read our first paper about bluey tongue colour, go here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... or message us for a PDF.
#lizard #bluetongue #bluetongueskink #bluetonguelizard #lizardcartoon #cartoon #tiliqua #coloursci
#lizard #bluetongue #bluetongueskink #bluetonguelizard #lizardcartoon #cartoon #tiliqua #coloursci
Why blue tongue? A potential UV-based deimatic display in a lizard - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Abstract Deimatic displays are a type of anti-predator behaviour that startles the predator. They have received much recent theoretical attention, enabling the empirical study of this phenomenon withi...
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January 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
To read our first paper about bluey tongue colour, go here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... or message us for a PDF.
#lizard #bluetongue #bluetongueskink #bluetonguelizard #lizardcartoon #cartoon #tiliqua #coloursci
#lizard #bluetongue #bluetongueskink #bluetonguelizard #lizardcartoon #cartoon #tiliqua #coloursci
To answer that question we are delving into collaborative projects with nanoparticle engineers and experts in robotics. This phase of the study is being led by Dr. Sergio Naretto. Stay tuned for more exciting results!
January 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
To answer that question we are delving into collaborative projects with nanoparticle engineers and experts in robotics. This phase of the study is being led by Dr. Sergio Naretto. Stay tuned for more exciting results!
They are perhaps best know for their bright blue tongues but read the cartoon — the blue colour we see is not all it appears to be.
The Lizard Lab tackled the question of why the tongue is so brightly coloured, and how that colour is produced.
The Lizard Lab tackled the question of why the tongue is so brightly coloured, and how that colour is produced.
January 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
They are perhaps best know for their bright blue tongues but read the cartoon — the blue colour we see is not all it appears to be.
The Lizard Lab tackled the question of why the tongue is so brightly coloured, and how that colour is produced.
The Lizard Lab tackled the question of why the tongue is so brightly coloured, and how that colour is produced.