SPECIAL GUEST: JULIA RILEY (MQ)
Reptiles are not usually considered the friendliest of animals, nor are they generally considered ‘social’ animals in the same way mammals and insects are. But recent research is showing us that we have underestimated our cold-blooded companions, and that lizards can form complex social networks.
Julia Riley from Macquarie University talks about her PhD research on Egernia skinks and the social groups that they live in. We meet her dog Dundee and chat about how a childhood fear of snakes gradually morphed into a fiery passion for all things herpetological! Along the way we get a tour of Julia’s house and garden and find all sorts of shenanigans along the way.
Follow Julia on Twitter @jr4science or visit her website https://www.rileybiology.com
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Music: ‘Strange Stuff’ by Sonic Wallpaper - www.sonicwallpaper.bandcamp.com
Ep 43. Microbial Game of Thrones with Gal Winter
Ep 42. Curious minds, homeward bound and just wingin' it with Mary McMillan
Ep 41. Pollinators, Bond films and ecosystem services with Manu Saunders
Ep 40. Twitchers, miners and presidential decorum with Paul McDonald
Ep 39. Dingo fences, desert spice and writings in the sand with Charlotte Mills
Ep 38. Mr Do Bee, Katydids and Superstars of STEM with Kate Umbers
Ep 37. Career changes, science buses and Buster the skink with Siobhan Dennison
Ep 36. Lumping dinosaurs and paleo name-dropping with Nic Campione
Ep 35. Microbats, bushfires and learning Norwegian with Clare Stawski
Ep 34. Natural history, sinister mates and the school of hard knocks with Greg Holwell
Ep 33. Frog calls, monsoons and haunted tennis courts with Jodi Rowley
Ep 32. Life Vs Science
Ep 31. Giant spiders, motherhood and lazy journalism with Lizzy Lowe
Ep 30. Monster girls, parasites and social media with Tommy Leung
Ep 29. Electrons, eigenstates and oil paintings with Stephen Bosi
Ep 28. Hadrosaurs, dino-riders and underdogs with Phil Bell
Ep 27. Thorny devils, pangolins and other outliers with Phil Withers
Ep 26. Semantic gravity and the March for Science with Tom Gordon
Ep 25. Car trips, conferences and sweaty mammal boxes with Christine Cooper
Ep 24. Dung beetles, climate change and fake caterpillars with Nigel Andrew
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