The Lizard Lab

We are a research lab investigating behaviour, ecology & evolution of lizards. Tweets by Martin Whiting. See web page for research, lab members, photos, blog.

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

@jamesTstroud @BritishEcolSoc @Om_Phil Congrats James! Well deserved!

[Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) @Keogh_Lab]

Critically endangered northern corroboree frogs spotted in Namadgi National Park for the first time in five years - ABC News https://t.co/9OS16c0wmq

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

High nest failure in a zebra finch population and persistent nest predation by a monitor lizard - Naguib - 2024 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/vOeZTxQK02 @MarcNaguib @SimonGriffith4

[Jenna @jcroweriddell]

The @SAMuseum collections provide time-stamped evidence of how species respond to environmental change, truly invaluable to science and society, but will be all tossed away by short-sighted thinking. Shame!
https://t.co/SFv388U6yS

[Daniel Noble 🇦🇺🇨🇦 @DanielWANoble]

Our new paper just out in @J_Exp_Biol on how variation in mitochondrial function may help us explain the 'lek paradox'. Lead by the wonderful Ondi Crino with @Mikejennions and @megabugface. Check it out:
https://t.co/y6imLJFFIi

[C•Breezy♍️ @CheyenneVien]

Snoop Dogg narrating this baby iguana chase from “planet earth” is my new favorite video on the internet

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

@Bethan_Govier

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

The lab gave amazing talks at the @AusSocHerp conference in Townsville and congrats Bethan Govier for award-winning speed talk! Well done Jai Lake, Kathy Potter, @LeviByou @DanHoops @StephDeering95! @mqnatsci

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

The lab gave amazing talks at the @AusSocHerp conference in Townsville and congrats Bethan Govier for award-winning speed talk! Well done Jai Lake, Kathy Potter, @LeviByou @DanHoops @StephDeering95! @mqnatsci

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

@SpringerANCO @sawsharkman @springer1842 Thanks, a page I was initially taken to for ANCO listed only 8 Australian unis. Good to see we are on the main list!

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

Have just learnt Animal Cognition will be open access in 2024-Springer announced this with great excitement! But check the small print "The 2024 APC for Animal Cognition will be EUR 2690.00/ USD 3390.00/ GBP 2290.00." I'll publish elsewhere. @SpringerANCO @springer1842

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

@sawsharkman @SpringerANCO @springer1842 Yep, I did check. There are I think 8 Aussie unis and Macquarie is not one of them!

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

@Mikejennions @itchyshin @festa_bianchet @WidowWeb @EcoEvoEvoEco @Brooks_Rob @kokkonutter @LoeskeKruuk Oh no! A big loss for all of us in Australia but huge congrats to @itchyshin!

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

Check out an unbelievable video of a Gould's monitor gobbling down 5 zebra finch chicks at Fowler's Gap in arid western New South Wales, Australia. Video by @MarcNaguib & Hugo Loning is on @simongriffith4 YouTube channel: https://t.co/eREbFo8aIp @mqnatsci #lizard #predation

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

Can sleepy lizards (aka shingleback skinks) count? Check out our new paper on quantity discrimination in Behavioral Ecology: https://t.co/fzKYjoypv1 @birgit_szabo @whatisitdoing @Ben_Ashton9 @mqnatsci @BehavEcol @BehavEcolPapers @MikeG_lizards

[Invertebrates Australia 🪲 @invertsau]

Today at Invertebrates Australia we're launching #NoSpraySpring!
We know #invertebrates are vital for healthy ecosystems; they're also fascinating!
If you agree, join us in avoiding insecticide sprays to protect the good bugs this spring

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

The Lizard Lab's Rachel Wong doing some great outreach, expertly explaining her research on quantity discrimination in lizards. @mqnatsci #lizard

[Macquarie University @Macquarie_Uni]

👋 Rachel is an MQ MRes student whose passion for understanding more about our scaly friends has led her to the lizard lab, and specifically to studying quantity discrimination in lizards 🦎 did you know we had a lizard lab on campus?

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

Rachel Wong from the Lizard Lab gave a great talk about her research on quantity discrimination in Eastern Water Skinks. Can lizards count? Watch this space! @mqnatsci #lizard

[PutterT @PutterT]

Hopefully not the last blindsnakes on journal covers 😆 Thanks @StephenZozaya for this wonderful Torres Strait blindsnake. One of few blindsnake species found on both Australia and Papua New Guinea

[The Lizard Lab @lizard_lab]

Well done Shane! Outstanding work!

[Lombardo Shane @Lombardo_Shane1]

Master thesis submitted after 6 months of work, from fieldtrip in the Australian bush to cognitive experiments and data analysis at @lizard_lab @Macquarie_Uni 🦎🇦🇺
I would like to thanks a lot my supervisor Prof.Martin Whiting and my PhD student @Harryfsuter for their help🤩📄

[Ian Brennan @ian_g_brennan]

Consider yourself frog-curious? 🐸
Think Australia is cool? 🇦🇺
Not sick of threads? 🧵

Let me tell you a little of what we’ve learned from looking at Australian frog genetics and reconstructing their history.

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