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Skinks and Ladders: A family-living lizard’s learning ability is not affected by their home environment

by Julia Riley

We have found that the learning ability of the Tree Skink, a lizard that lives with family, is not linked to growing up with others. These lizards were able to learn to navigate a complex spatial maze whether they lived by themselves or with a ‘roomate’.

This […]

Why do winners keep winning?

Why do winners keep winning?

by Fonti Kar

Animals often find themselves in direct competition with other individuals for resources and mates. Because fighting is costly, many species honestly signal their fighting ability to avoid injury (non-escalated fights). For example, in flat lizards (Platysaurus broadleyi), males can resolve dominance status by displaying their UV-reflective throats […]

Fixed versus Random-effects Meta-analyses

 

It has been a while since my last blog post and lots has been happening in and around the lab to keep everyone busy! Indeed, I just got back from a productive trip to Lund University to visit Tobias Uller to progress some work Shinichi, Tobias and I have been planning.

I’ve also been […]