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Cover: Lizard coloration has been explored throughout numerous ecological and evolutionary studies. However, seasonal colour change has been rarely explored in this group. A study by Pellitteri-Rosa and colleagues explored the variation in dorsal pigmentation of the Italian wall lizard (Podarcis siculus campestris) at three time points (March, July and October) in a Mediterranean natural area in southern Italy (Apulia). The results demonstrated that lizards are able to alter dorsal coloration during seasonal change, varying from green at the onset of spring, to brownish in the middle of summer and to a greyish colour in October. This modification closely followed environmental background colour variation and enhanced lizard crypsis during each season. Image taken by Cristiano Liuzzi. Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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Interview – Savant Thakur
Savant Thakur was a Ph.D. student in Professor Gordon S. Lynch’s lab (The University of Melbourne) working towards understanding the mechanisms of defective muscle repair in muscle diseases and wasting disorders. Sadly, Savant passed away on June 16, 2019 and so one of his supervisors, Professor Lynch, spoke to BiO about Savant's work and character.
A day in the life of a returning spider lab
Back in 2016, two PhD students in Alistair McGregor’s lab at Oxford Brookes shared a day in the life of a spider lab on the Node. Four years and one pandemic later, we caught up with Alistair to find out how his lab has responded to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.