💚 World Mental Health Day 💚
Mental Health Australia’s theme for this year is Connect with your community. Reminding us that mental health thrives when we feel safe, supported, and seen. A community can take any shape, from loved ones, friends, volunteer groups to a local book/running club.
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Cryptic Ontogenetic Changes in the Ventral Coloration of a Color Polymorphic Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis) Wall lizards' ventral coloration undergoes cryptic ontogenetic color changes invisible without UV vision. We tracked wall lizards from hatching to one year of age. Spectrophotometry and visual modeli...

🧪 New paper out! Growing up, wall lizards undergo a UV-visible “awkward phase” (who doesn’t?) that we can’t see—but they can. These ontogenetic color changes may mediate juvenile–adult interactions by delaying the onset of adult social signals. doi.org/10.1002/jez.... #colsci #lizard #ontogeny

Back in Sevilla, after ten years (at the very university where I studied), this time to chat about ethology and evolutionary ecology 🦎

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