Spotlight: Beetles playing with light!
What is the link between Christmas beetle coloration and 3D cinema glasses?
Posts from the ‘Lab news’ Category
Jul 17
Jul 16
Colours at Nocturnal
We took to Melbourne Museum's monthly Nocturnal event to showcase some incredible examples of animal coloration.
Jul 4
Colombia to Melbourne. For beetles. Why?
Laura has been lured to our lab by the prospect of studying beetles, but what's the fascination?
Chicks, insects and learning: Why is Iliana in Canberra?
Postdoctoral researcher Iliana Medina is in Canberra teaching chicks to avoid toxic bugs!
We try Sciku, the science haiku
Inspired by a recent article published in Science, our lab decided to try to communicate our research through poetry.
Why am I here? A tale by Megan Skarajew
Veterinary nursing student Megan Skarajew helped with 5 weeks of tawny breeding season, and put her research skills to work for us.
Exploring the unseen
Does the colour of a bird matter for its thermoregulation? Darker colours gain more heat than lighter ones, but with thick plumage and other thermal adaptations, does a bird feel the difference?
Are colourful signals honest?
How does stress affect the colouration of tawny dragons? Do changes in hormone levels impact on colouration? How?
Spotlight: Undergrad researcher, Michelle Dan
Michelle is spending a semester in the lab investigating beetle colouration, using specimens on loan from Museum Victoria.
What does the bee see?
How can miniature brains process complex visual information? In the case of the honey bee, there is much more than meets the eye!
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