One of this year's Zoology graduates, Kate Statham (pictured with a female Whiptail lizard), is now indulging her passion for lizards (she did a project on behaviour of the Leopard gecko) on the Island of St Lucia. Island reptiles show many interesting adaptations to their local circumstances and such animals actually have found it easier to reach some remote oceanic island localities than small mammals (they can switch down their metabolism or travel as eggs).
This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Sunday 14 September 2008
Lounge Lizards
One of this year's Zoology graduates, Kate Statham (pictured with a female Whiptail lizard), is now indulging her passion for lizards (she did a project on behaviour of the Leopard gecko) on the Island of St Lucia. Island reptiles show many interesting adaptations to their local circumstances and such animals actually have found it easier to reach some remote oceanic island localities than small mammals (they can switch down their metabolism or travel as eggs).
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