In the hustle-bustle of a teeming metropolis, it may seem inconceivable that small wild animals such as reptiles can sleep restfully. But a team of scientists who spent months poking around urban neighborhoods at night has found that at least one species of lizard is getting around the hurdle of insomnia by picking out urban snoozing spots which closely resemble their rural
Lover s spat? Learn from these lizards
Lover s spat? Learn from these lizards
ByHemanth CSHemanth CS / Updated: Dec 18, 2020, 06:00 IST
Male lizards of different species change their sexual signals, aggression to woo females, finds study
A recent study by the Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Center for Ecological Sciences has found that males of a certain fan-throated
lizard species change their sexual signals to avoid aggression with those of another species.
The study of the researchers involved two lizard species
Sitana laticeps and
According to
Maria Thaker, Associate Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences, the team of researchers was trying to understand why animals of different species fight and what happens when they do.