Welcome to the Animal Behaviour Group

La Trobe University | Melbourne (Australia)

Research in the Animal Behaviour Group (ABG) covers broad interests in animal behaviour, with both theoretical and applied benefits. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of animal signals in the light of sensory system function and evolutionary processes covering vibratory, acoustic and movement-based visual signals.

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The ABG has worked on 3 continents and studied 50+ species. Here is a taste of some of them (hover over an image to pause the slider) …

  • Falls Creek
    Falls Creek
    Victoria
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis princeps </em>
    Anolis princeps
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • Sumaco
    Sumaco
    Napo province - Eastern Ecuador
  • Croajingalong National Park
    Croajingalong National Park
    Victoria
  • <em> Ctenophorus vadnappa </em>
    Ctenophorus vadnappa
    South Australia
  • Fowlers Gap Research Station
    Fowlers Gap Research Station
    New South Wales
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Gowidon longirostris</em>
    Gowidon longirostris
    Northern Territory
  • <em>Anolis scypheus</em>
    Anolis scypheus
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Xiamen Conservation Station (China)
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve (China)
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus</em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Guajalito
  • <em>Stenocercus chota</em>
    Stenocercus chota
  • <em>Ctenophorus pictus</em>
    Ctenophorus pictus
    Victoria, South Australia
  • Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    Ngarkat Conservation Reserve
    South Australia
  • <em>Stenocercus guentheri</em>
    Stenocercus guentheri
  • <em>Amhibolurus muricatus</em>
    Amhibolurus muricatus
    Victoria
  • Gawler Ranges
    Gawler Ranges
    South Australia
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Male
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Manduriacu
  • Mira
    Mira
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Otonga
    Otonga
    Cotopaxi province - Western Ecuador
  • Murray Sunset National Park
    Murray Sunset National Park
    Victoria
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Diamond Creek
    Diamond Creek
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Santiago
    Santiago
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Dolomedes facetus</em>
    Dolomedes facetus
  • <em>Microlophus jacobi</em>
    Microlophus jacobi
    Santiago
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Liopholis guthega</em>
    Liopholis guthega
  • Paramo ecosystem
    Paramo ecosystem
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Los Rios province - Western Ecuador
  • Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    Zoige Wetland Nature Reserve
    (China)
  • Thornbills and fairy wrens
    Thornbills and fairy wrens
    (clockwise from top-left): chestnut-rumped thornbill, White winged fairy wren, superb fairy wren, yellow-rumped thornbill
  • Cotopaxi National Park
    Cotopaxi National Park
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Madrigal of Podocarpus Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    West MacDonnell Ranges National Park
    Northern Territory
  • Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    Phrynocephalus vlangalii
    (China)
  • <em>Stenocercus cadlei</em>
    Stenocercus cadlei
  • Thredbo
    Thredbo
    NSW
  • El Angel Ecological Reserve
    El Angel Ecological Reserve
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Waterhole adjacent to Yarra River
    Fishing spider habitat
  • Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    Flinders Ranges (top) Parachilna Gorge (bottom)
    South Australia
  • <em>Microlophus grayii</em>
    Microlophus grayii
    Female (L) and Male (R)
  • Buenaventura
    Buenaventura
    El Oro province - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis fasciatus </em>
    Anolis fasciatus
  • <em>Microlophus duncanensis</em>
    Microlophus duncanensis
    Galapagos Is
  • Yasuni National Park
    Yasuni National Park
    Francisco del Orellana province - Eastern Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis parvauritus</em>
    Anolis parvauritus
    Palenque - Western Ecuador
  • <em>Anolis ortonii</em>
    Anolis ortonii
    Eastern Ecuador (Yasuni)
  • <em> Ctenophorus fordi</em>
    Ctenophorus fordi
    Victoria, South Australia
  • <em> Ctenophorus fionni </em>
    Ctenophorus fionni
    South Australia
  • San Cristóbal
    San Cristóbal
    Galapagos Is
  • <em>Phrynocephalus przewalskii</em>
    Phrynocephalus przewalskii
  • Pinzon
    Pinzon
    Galapagos Is
  • Zebra finches
    Zebra finches
    Victoria, New South Wales
  • <em> Ctenophorus decresii </em>
    Ctenophorus decresii
    South Australia
  • <em>Anolis gemmosus </em>
    Anolis gemmosus
    Otonga
  • Chimborazo
    Chimborazo
    Tropical Andes, Ecuador
  • Floreana
    Floreana
    Galapagos Is
  • Tengger Desert
    Tengger Desert
    Minqin County, Wuwei, Gansu, China
  • <em>Anolis fitchi</em>
    Anolis fitchi
    Eastern Ecuador (Napo)
  • Rosanna Parklands
    Rosanna Parklands
    Fishing spider habitat

Please contact Richard Peters if you are interested in joining the lab at Undergraduate Honours, Postgraduate or Postdoctoral level – richard.peters@latrobe.edu.au.