Media & Lab News
Selected Popular Media
Why This Tiny Lizard Dives With a Natural Scuba Tank (NY Times)
Diving lizard’s built-in ‘scuba tank’ allows it to breathe underwater, scientists say (CNN)
Lizards use nostril bubbles to breathe underwater and evade predators, researchers find (The Guardian)
"Scuba-diving" lizard evolved bubble-breathing trick to dodge predators (Salon)
L’anole d’eau, lézard « inventeur » de la bouteille d’oxygène (Le Monde)
Scuba-Diving Anoles’ Bubble Hats Proven To Lengthen Dives For The First Time (IFL Science)
NPR Academic Minute - Interview with Dr. Swierk (2024)
World's smallest scuba diver' lizard uses bubble to breathe underwater (CBBC)
Freshwater Species of the Week - Aquatic Anole (#93) (WWF)
These lizards use bubbles to breathe underwater (National Geographic)
Diving Anole Lizards Use Bubbles to Breathe Underwater (Smithsonian Magazine)
Lizard evolves 'scuba-diving' skills that let it stay underwater for 16 minutes (The Mirror)
‘Scuba-diving’ lizards are real — and here’s why their underwater trick is special (Miami Herald)
Aquanaut Lizards Can Breathe Underwater Using Their Very Own Scuba Gear (IFL Science)
La lucertola sommozzatore (Sapere Scienza)
Scuba-diving lizard uses air bubbles to stay under water (UPI)
Scuba anole stays submerged for 16 minutes (Reptiles Magazine)
Das Verhalten von Tieren und die Evolution (Universität Münster)
Male lizards less attracted to “bearded ladies” (National Geographic)
Colourful lizards reveal the pro’s and con’s of being a hideous “bearded lady” (Scientific American)
Sexual Selection’s Mystique Lingers (by Arthur Allen), featuring our “bearded ladies”
Female lizards with beards not attractive, report other lizards (CS Monitor)
Eastern fence lizards lust less blue companions (The Guardian)
Quirks and Quarks Interview with Dr. Swierk (CBC)
Meet the scuba diving lizards breathing by bubble (NPR Short Wave / All Things Considered)
These lizards blow bubbles underwater and use them like scuba tanks (Science)
Flashy Lizards Attract More Mates ... and Predators (Treehugger)
Flashy lizards are more attractive to mates and to predators (ScienceDaily)
Color of clothes we wear may impact wild animals, finds study (International Business Times)
The Color of Your Clothing and How It Affects Animal Behavior (Natural Habitat Adventures)
El color de tu ropa puede tener un impacto en la vida salvaje (Yahoo Noticias)
Traffic noise stresses out frogs, but some have adapted (ScienceDaily)
City frogs are the sexiest frogs (The Atlantic)
How frogs adapt to life near noisy highways (Futurity)
Traffic noises hurt the immune systems of frogs who aren’t adapted (Earth.com)
Frogs get stressed out by traffic, too (UPI)
'Bearded' female lizards turn off males, but have secret advantages (Science Magazine)
Speedy But "Bearded" Ladies Get No Love From Male Lizards (IFL Science)
Amphibians that change color (Inside Ecology)
Croaking Science: Amphibians that change colour (Frog Life)
Wood frogs are gathering at vernal pools to breed (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Lab News and Blog Posts
How do body color changes affect an anole’s conspicuousness to conspecifics and predators? (by Andrés Rojo)
Students get valuable lab time through Research Experience for Undergraduates program (featuring Swierk Lab's Summer 2024 REU students)
Meet the Scientists: Lindsey Swierk (by A. Geneva, Anole Annals)
Repeated Evolution of Underwater Rebreathing in Diving Anolis Lizards (by C. Boccia, Anole Annals)
Tail Autotomy Is Associated with Boldness in Male but Not Female Water Anoles (by J. Talavera, Anole Annals)
Flashy lizards are more attractive to mates and predators (by Jonathan Losos, Anole Annals)
17 Binghamton University Employees Who Deserve Appreciation (featuring Dr. Swierk, Binghamton University Blog)
In the Eye of the Beholder: How Do Anoles Respond to Human Clothing Color? (Anole Annals)
Underwater breathing by a tropical lizard (Anole Annals)
A day in the life of an anologist (Anole Annals)
Case Study: Effects of Suburbanization on Biodiversity (Wildlife Acoustics)
Super-honest dewlaps and trait scaling relationships in semi-aquatic anoles (Anole Annals)
Are male wood frogs good midwives? (Lizard Log)
Advice from a lizard: if you’re smaller, act bigger (Lizard Log)
A new blood sampling method for smaller anurans that preserves critical features of specimens (Lizard Log)
A frog of a different color: Sexually dimorphic color in wood frogs (by J. Peng, Lizard Log)
Understanding amphibian responses to noisy suburban habitats (Wildlife Acoustics, Progress Reports)
What am I standing on? (Lizard Log)
Biology students conduct research in Costa Rica (University of Guam), an article about our lab's undergraduate mentee
On a Frog Hunt (by B. Assis)
The Swierk Lab is privileged to work on land that constitutes the the traditional territories of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee) and Onundagaonoga (Onondaga) in the USA,
the Tjer-di/Teribe Broram in Costa Rica, and the Maijuna and Kichwa del Río Napo in Perú.