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Clinging & climbing & claws, oh my: morphology performance in urban lizards
The common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) offers a great opportunity to study how humans are influencing the course of evolution. These lizards have a…
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New Lit Alert: Artificial light at night alters diurnal and nocturnal behavior and physiology in green anole lizards
Artificial light at night alters diurnal and nocturnal behavior and physiology in green anole lizards Laura A.Taylor, Christopher J. Thawley, Olive R.Pertuit, Abigail J.Dennis, Isabela R.Carson,…
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A Global Analysis of Urban Reptiles
One of the outstanding questions in urban evolutionary biology is whether there are universal or predictable responses to urbanization, and if so, what factors…
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Lighting Up Anoles at Night!
This week we are cross-posting (again) from Anole Annals. Check out the original post here, written by Pavitra Muralidhar. How we perceive and interact…
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Tolerance to Urbanization is Widespread in Anoles
This week we are cross-posting from Anole Annals. Check out the original post here. Seven years ago I asked for the help of Anole…
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Metropolitan Lagartixas: Lizards Thriving in Tropical Brazilian City
From Anoles to Indian Agamids to Australian Water Dragons to Western Fence Lizards, lizards from diverse branches of the squamate tree are proving themselves in…
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Urban Dragons are Innately Bold
We’ve talked before here on Life in the City about behavioral shifts related to fear and boldness in urban animals (check out: Skirting Skinks: Are…
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Urban Lizards on TV!
The Smithsonian Channel and Day’s Edge Productions have put together a fantastic mini-series and a full-length documentary on anole evolutionary research. Episode 7 of the miniseries and part…