Lizards on air !

A. Rotger explains the insularity syndrome at the radio program NAUTILUS (in catalan) - min 26.35  here

Lilford's wall lizard: genome assembly completed!

The CNAG laboratory in collaboration with the University of Barcelona and the GEDA (IMEDEA-CSIC/UIB) has completed the assembly of the Lilford's wall lizard genome (tweet here). This new acheivement opens the door for deeper insight on the evolution and life-hisotry tactics of this fantastic endemic species.

Eidechsen on the news!

Jonas Martiny has pubblished on Mallorcan Magazine an extensive article on the Balearic lizards. It includes information on the natural history of Podarcis pityusensis and Podarcis lilfordi, and an interesting section on the early studies, carried out in the middle of the last century, on lizard taxonomy and evolution. It also refers to the work by GEDA on photo-recognition and on the study of life-history tactics of the Balearic Wall lizard.

Whole genome sequencing!

The GEDA is taking part in the Whole-genome Sequencing Project of the endemic Podarcis lilfordi, in collaboration with the Evolutionary Ecology Lab of the University of Barcelona. The project is supported by the Biogenoma of the IRBio-UB within the Earth BioGenome project. 

More about the project, here.

 

Lizard campaign just started!

 The first island has been sampled. Likely we had good weather and animals were collaborating. Looking forward to calculate an estimate of population size from the CMR data collected.Only five to go!

Lizard autumn campaign ended!

Lizard autumn campaign ended this week. Still need to bring back the boat and process the nearly five hundred photos (!). This year there has been a good recruitment of young lizards (photo).

Lizard autumn campaign just started

Lizard autumn campaign just started. Safety first!  

Good news: animals seem to collaborate.

The Balearic Wall Lizard on the news !

Today, on IB3 Radio News, we speak about the Balearic Lizard with Marga Riera. A short talk about the GEDA's research on this unique, endemic species.
Here (at min. 40).