What makes lizards, snakes, crocodiles, and turtles so cool? There are LOTS of reasons why these animals are fun to learn about, and our friend Jordan Bush has written about her top three. (Jordan used to be a student in[…]
Category: Lizard Behavior
January
29
2017
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November
17
2016
Everybody you know has a unique personality. Some of us are shy, hyper, optimistic, caring, awkward, friendly, smart, or talkative…the list goes on. And our personalities are complicated – each of us can be described with many different words, or[…]
July
25
2016
Hey everyone! My name is Adam, and I’ve worked in the Lizard Lab for just over a year. Most of the time, the students in the lab work on our own research projects, but last week our lab had a[…]
May
25
2016
What does it mean to be green?
- Located in Anoles, Lizard Behavior
Green anoles have an amazing ability that humans don’t. Can you guess what it is? They can change the color of their body! And they can do this in a quickly as three seconds! The usual color of a green[…]
May
19
2015
Hello, my name is Leah! I am a student in the Lizard Lab at Trinity University, and I’m studying lizard jaws. I just began this project, and I am trying to learn if the way lizards use their mouths in[…]
February
27
2015
Measuring Muscles
- Located in Lizard Behavior, Lizard Muscles
Hi, I’m Faith! This is my first year in college, and I’m the new kid in the Lizard Lab. I have never worked in a lab before or even touched a lizard, so this is very new and exciting for[…]
November
17
2014
It’s easy for all of us to list lots of ways that lizards are different from people. For example, most lizards are much smaller than us. They are also scaly and don’t like the cold at all, so they’ll never[…]
March
27
2014
Hi! My name is Lauren and I study biology and environmental studies at Trinity University. One of my favorite ways to learn about biology and the environment is by studying lizards with Dr. Johnson in her lab! In the lab,[…]
November
15
2013
In spring and summer in Texas, we see lizards everywhere we look. They’re climbing on the trees, crawling on the ground, and running around the walls of our houses. If you watch a lizard for a few minutes in the[…]
All material © 2013, Dr. Michele Johnson, Trinity University.