Why do the colors of lizard bellies, that are almost never visible, vary? Turns out it may be related to thermoregulation!

In case you missed it: Women are less likely to be credited for their scientific contributions than men. It’s true across multiple fields & at all stages, with important repercussions for career progress. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine #MedTwitter nature.com/articles/s4158…

‼️Comparte si te estas haciendo todos los días la misma pregunta‼️ ¿Tendrán a bien el Sr. joan subirats y Ministerio de Universidades explicar el porqué de esta medida? ¿Se harán responsables de las injusticias que se pueden producir? ¿Qué opina ANECA? #AyudanteDoctor #MeritoPreferente

Some of the most incredible news this century!🦎⭐️ The rediscovery of the Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon after it was presumed extinct for 54 years! 😱 Beautiful photo by the legendary and dedicated threatened species scientist Nick Clemann 📷 (1/2)

📣New paper out! Chaffinches on La Palma island show local adaptation to different habitats at a very small spatial scale. Excellent work by María recuerda, with Mercè Palacios Benoit Nabholz and others. Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

We are preparing a special issue on "Chemical Communication and Behaviour"! More information 👉 rb.gy/damqo

Ethology, behavioral ecology? Tomato, tomato. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Now published in Peer Community Journal, #evolutionarybiology section: Color #polymorphism and conspicuousness do not increase #speciationrates in #Lacertids. doi.org/10.24072/pcjou…

🟢 ¿Sabías que desde 2021 se han capturado MÁS DE 6.270 anolis invasores en Tenerife? 6.000 de ellos en Arona. 🦎 O. Afonso, técnico de Gesplan, alerta de cifras casi tan altas como las de la culebra real californiana en Gran Canaria #VIJornadasBiodiversidad

Interested in the genomics of bird speciation on islands? Want to do a 2-year postdoc in my lab at Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales? Spanish govt Juan de la Cierva grants available, appl deadline 31-1-24. DM for more details. Please RT. SESBE

We have a new paper out in Biology Letters (The Royal Society). In it, we investigated the link between neuron number and habitat complexity across Puerto Rican anoles🦎🌳 #science #anolis #LGBTQinSTEM #herpetology #neuroethology #neurons #brainevolution doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2…

Spiny lizards that have evolutionarily lost a colorful sexual signal do not have larger vomeronasal organs (VNOs) than species that have retained the signal. Instead, larger species tend to have larger VNOs! Anastassia Stephanie M Campos Cristina Romero-Diaz ow.ly/I2Sz50QG7bC

New publication out by González-Castro & Siverio on the importance of pollination by lizards on the Canary Islands: doi.org/10.26786/1920-…

In 2016, video captured invasive tree snakes in Guam climbing to reach their feathered prey—with a never-before-seen lassolike gripping technique. Learn more on #WorldSnakeDay: scim.ag/7GI News from Science

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Ageing and environment affect female more than male color in a mutually ornamented bird | doi.org/10.1093/beheco… | Behavioral Ecology | #ornithology

📢New paper alert!📢 We found stronger senescence and environmental effects on female colour than on males in a mutually ornamented bird, the common waxbill. with S Guerra, Cristina Romero-Diaz, P Silva, @trigo_st, and @mostlywaxbills at Behavioral Ecology (1/5) academic.oup.com/beheco/article…