Derek Benson – Rattlesnakes and Aridity

Environment and Natural Resources 2 - University of Arizona 1064 E Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ, United States

Rattlesnake Thermo-hydroregulation as a Model for Understanding Responses to Climate Change Derek Benson, PhD Candidate Arizona State University 27 January 2025 | 7 pm MST Venue details below Of utmost importance to an organism is the ability to maintain homeostasis in response to a variety of environmental conditions. Though climate change is predicted to increase […]

Stacey Weiss: Sceloporus Lizard Micro-biome

Egg Protection in the Absence of Parental Care: The gut and reproductive microbiome of Sceloporus lizards and its role in providing antifungal protection to eggs Stacey Weiss, PhD Professor of Biology, University of Puget Sound Venue information below For every organism you see, there are trillions of microbes living in and on them. Many of […]

Brian K. Sullivan, PhD – Regal Horned Lizards

Environment and Natural Resources 2 - University of Arizona 1064 E Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ, United States

The Natural History of Regal Horned Lizards, Phrynosoma solare - Brian K. Sullivan, PhD - Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University Venue details below From 2015 through 2020 we used radio-telemetry to investigate spatial and behavioral ecology of the Regal Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma solare) in the Sonoran Desert near Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Our results reveal dramatic variation […]