Dec 2014: Innes Cuthill, tropical lizard leaf mimicry, and bird infrasound

Professor Innes Cuthill from the University of Bristol describes his Scientific Spark. Danielle Klomp from the University of New South Wales, tells me about two populations of gliding lizard that have diverged in gliding membrane colouration to match the colours of their local falling leaves, and that mimicking falling leaves is an adaptation that functions to reduce predation by birds. I also find out how birds heard tornadoes coming and fled one day ahead. Download the MP3 Falling leaf mimic - Bornean gliding lizard, Draco cornutus Quicklinks: Danielle Klomp's paper in Biology Letters Danielle Klomp's blog Tornadic Storm Avoidance Behavior in Breeding Songbirds - Current Biology Innes Cuthill's Camo Lab

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