Happy to share our new publication looking at the thermoregulatory strategies and the impacts of climate change on the vulnerable Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard! https://t.co/3PMSPqhhp0 (1/7)

Our April issue is now complete and available at https://t.co/maPNBNoAv1 On the cover, a fantastic image of Hardwicke's spiny-tailed lizard from the Thar desert of India from the paper by Tatu et al. @AvichalTatu, @MacrophysLab. Read about it here: https://t.co/maPNBNoAv1 #OA

Happy to find the special issue of @RSocPublishing, on my desk this Friday morning. Thanks @EconovoAU. Do check this amazing issue and don't miss the introduction: https://t.co/yk3qR3oaYc Big shout-out @JCSvenning @McgeochMelodie @SigneNormand @anordonez1 @ARCHAEOfelix

Our new paper out in @Ecol_Evol! A huge thank you to @medinailiana, @ClaireJayTay, Kevin Newman, and Naomi Langmore for being the best co authors I could wish for I'm super grateful to @facasaro, @NHM_Oology, and @mfnberlin for their invaluable help. https://t.co/agZDqo44S7

Aside from spending 12 hours a day playing statue in the hide and staring at Spinys slowly muching on grass, this project was a blast! (7/7)

Overall, we show that key information on thermal ecology, including temperature-sensitive behaviours in the wild, is necessary to understand the multiple ways in which increasing temperatures may influence thermally-vulnerable ectotherms like the Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard.(6/7)

The difference in the shape of the curves implied differences in impacts of climate change. We predicted that in the worst-case warming scenario, potential sprint speed of the lizard may decrease by up to 14.5% and foraging activity may decrease by up to 43.5% by 2099! (5/7)

To explore the impacts of climate change on their physiology and activity in the wild, we constructed temperature-dependent curves for locomotor performance and foraging activity. As expected the curve shapes were very different. (4/7)

We found that the lizard thermoregulates effieciently in this extreme environment using ~1m deep burrows. But as temperatures increase in the future, it will spend more time inside its burrows and less time foraging, defending territories, and courting! (3/7)

The Thar desert is one of the hottest places in India where the air temperatures reach up to 50°C in summers. It is home to a number of lizards including the burrow-dwelling herbivourous Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard. (2/7)

The Thar desert is one of the hottest places in India where the air temperatures soar up to 50°C in summers. It is home to the burrow-dwelling herbivorous Spiny-tailed Lizard.

Happy to share our latest publication in @J_Exp_Biol! This work, led by @ScienceGuyArka (who started it in 2015-2016!!), and supervised by @MacrophysLab has finally seen the light of the day! Phew! (1/8) https://t.co/mBDjtPRM0t

Solidifying my reputation as middle author, our newest paper is out! The extent of rapid colour change in male agamid lizards is unrelated to overall sexual dichromatism. Great collaborative effort! 🦎 https://t.co/WnLLPWsdI4

This Friday at #BioSymp23, we'll be hearing from @AvichalTatu about the effect of climate warming on desert lizards. Come along to learn about the impacts of climate change on desert lizard behaviour 🦎🦎🦎

Field seasons for our lab peeps are over for 2022. It's perfect time for us to: #labtrip

Very happy to share our work, now out in Animal Behaviour, on the use of a complex chemical signal for sexual communication in a diurnal gecko This work was made possible by @MacrophysLab and Bronte Ellsworth https://t.co/ifnLCwYKom

Have you ever noticed how nature seems to love symmetry?🔺🟥🔴 Evolution has literally trillions of shapes to pick from, and yet, biological structures often show symmetry and simplicity. This is the story of the discovery that completely changed how I see biology. 🧵

End of year (years?) party with the gang @MacrophysLab. Seen here occupying rocky perches, where the spirit of the rock agama lingers.