LSM1303 Animal Behaviour Student Blog

I remembered watching this Discovery Channel program on cable a few years back and it was seriously one of the most brilliant and incredible documentary I’ve ever seen. It was of a dark, alien world filled with strange looking creatures, with some being Read More...

Little Penguins heading back to their burrows after a day's out at sea Few months ago, I made a trip down to Philip Island to view the world famous Penguin Parade and it left a truly memorable natural wildlife experience, a treat never forgotten to me, Read More...

Bird poop! Or so you think. Well, it is the very thing birds could eat... before it comes out as bird poop. This is the larva of a swallowtail butterfly. We are all aware that camouflage is an important phenotype for caterpillars that are unable to fly Read More...

'Airborne' geckos! Now that must be a real good sight. Imagine, a gecko trying to keep itself up on a slippery, vertical surface when suddenly, *Slip*, and it falls off! (Credit: Robert Full/UC Berkeley, copyright PNAS/NAS 2008) Watch It Now isn't that Read More...