Birgit Szabo5. Okt. 2022Unfamiliar situations can be scary, even for geckosHave you ever been to a new restaurant and were hesitant about what to order because every dish on the menu sounded unfamiliar and you...
Birgit Szabo25. Aug. 2022Fear of the new? Geckos hesitate to attack novel prey, forage near objects and enter a novel spaceNeophobia, the fear of novelty, is an ecologically important response which enables animals to avoid potentially harmful situations....
Birgit Szabo18. Juni 2021Social lizards know what is more but not what is bigger!Quantities are all around us. From the day we are born we experience the world of numbers even though we might not realise it. At some...
Sebastian Hoefer30. Sept. 2020Do I, or don’t I? that is the question! Are lizards capable of inhibitory control?We often think of reptiles as somewhat simple - entirely driven by instinct and the basic need for survival. That is where the expression...