Fire-driven animal evolution in the Pyrocene

Overview of attention for article published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, July 2023

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A zookeeper’s burnt lunch revealed a lizard’s secret survival skill

Yahoo!, 17 Sep 2025

Millions of years of evolution have taught some reptiles the importance of the old adage, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.…

A zookeeper’s burnt lunch revealed a lizard’s secret survival skill

Popular Science, 17 Sep 2025

Australia’s sleepy lizards know to go when they smell smoke. The research was partly inspired by a lunch room mishap at the…

News story from BBC News on Wednesday 29 January 2025

BBC News, 29 Jan 2025

How animals are adapting to the rise of wildfires

National Geographic, 06 Mar 2024

As wildfires burn more frequently and intensely, across larger geographic areas and longer seasons, scientists estimate they…

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