Keogh Lab - Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University @EcoEvo_ANU
Joined July 2016
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
Jan 17
Including these glass lizards, several distantly related ‘worm lizards’ have skin bone plates covering their bodies. We just found that these evolved independently. For the full story: doi.org/10.64628/AA.4m75kv59…
CT data provided by S Decker (2025, CMC 27120, OSUM R685, MorphoSource)
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
Jan 13
Our new paper is out! By reconstructing 320 million years of reptile body armour evolution, we settled a century-old debate. Along the way, we found that monitor lizards broke Dollo’s Law in an unparalleled comeback. Read more in The Conversation: doi.org/10.64628/AA.4m75kv59…
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
31 Oct 2025
This is it, folks! Your one and only Halloween decoration for the year. It is the creepiest thing I have seen in a while. Watch it in full, with sound on. You won’t regret it. Every frame is volume-rendered from real scientific CT scans.
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
8 Sep 2025
What’s dartR? 🧬
An open-source R package that helps researchers filter, analyse & visualise genomic data — powering 1,000 studies in conservation, ag & health. A community-built tool making genomics more accessible.
👉 georges.biomatix.org/blog/po…
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
14 Aug 2025
Happy World Lizard Day! 🦎
Whether you prefer them earless, legless, spiny or spiky, lizards are incredible creatures. There are over 600 different species in Australia, and more than 6,000 different lizard species across the globe.
Today we're taking a moment to appreciate the diversity, beauty and ecological importance of our lizards, including this Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus cilaris) which calls our Pilungah Reserve on Wangkamadla Country, QLD, home.
📸 Anders Zimney
#WorldLizardDay #Gecko #WildlifePhotography #Lizards #WeLoveNature
ALT Close-up image of a gecko, resting on a textured bark, showing detailed scales and a focused eye.
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
Dermal armour in lizards: osteoderms more common than presumed academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/…
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Check out the latest on osteoderm evolution from Roy Ebel!
21 Jul 2025
Scientists have been studying these creatures for more than 200 years, but only now did we discover that they wear ‘chainmail’ in their skin. We found these previously unreported skin bone plates in no less than 29 Australo-Papuan monitor lizard species. doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/z…
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
21 Jul 2025
Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on the continent. In our new study, we look beneath their skin with cutting-edge imaging – and we may just have found the key to their evolutionary success. youtu.be/RfOK2wWYjLo
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21 Jul 2025
Check out this great article by Roy Ebel on his recent paper in ZJLS. Fantastic video as well. New study peers beneath the skin of iconic lizards to find ‘chainmail’ bone plates – and lots of them. @Ebelosaurus theconversation.com/new-stud…
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
16 Jul 2025
🐸 FrogID Dataset 6.0 is now online!
Thanks to over 39,000 people, the dataset covers 6 years of #FrogID records across Australia and includes 974,700 records from 226 species – that's nearly 1 million frog records!
Read more: australian.museum/blog/amri-…
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
26 Jun 2025
Come join us. Three permanent academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) at @MonashBiol. Supportive research and teaching environment. Fantastic colleagues. A great place to work.
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Ecology:
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Genomics:
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
22 Jun 2025
This new mobile-friendly tool lets you create personalised species checklists for a specified area 📋
Check out the app: spr.ly/60174PzBZ
Made by @unswbees @thomasmesaglio @fonti_kar @will_cornwell and team.
spr.ly/60184PzBw
#rstats #Shiny #ecology
ALT Mosaic of three images. Top left, someone holding a mobile phone using the infinitylists Shiny app. Top right, two botanists on a boardwalk in a Melaleuca swamp in northern Sydney, looking closely at a small plant on the ground. Bottom, pink flowers from a rosy sundew (Drosera spatulata). Photo credits (clockwise from top left): Kate Mesaglio, Hervé Sauquet, Thomas Mesaglio
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
10 Jun 2025
Pretty happy with how my latest book turned out. The pdf version is freely available online.
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
8 May 2025
Today we celebrate 99 years of Sir David Attenborough! 🎂🍃
In 1996, Attenborough opened the Gould wing of the ANU Botany and Zoology building.
Happy birthday to this living legend!
📷: ANU Archives
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
After nearly a decade of work, I’m thrilled to share the publication of the southern corroboree frog genome—a high-quality, chromosome-level assembly made possible by an incredible team from @UniMelb, @genomeark, @sangerinstitute, @ZoosVictoria & more.
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
17 Apr 2025
The Australian Academy of Science is excited to announce the establishment of a Global Talent Attraction Program. But we must act swiftly. There’s no time to waste as other countries are mobilising to attract talent to their shores. Partner with us to build a profound and nation-building legacy.
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
8 Apr 2025
Very happy and humbled to have received this award. A huge thanks to all my wonderful colleagues @EcoEvo_ANU and abroad who made this possible!
A/Prof Daniel Noble, a leader in evolutionary ecology and ecophysiology based @ScienceANU, has been awarded the Fenner Medal which recognises outstanding research in biology.
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Check it out!!! Huge congrats Dan.
A/Prof Daniel Noble, a leader in evolutionary ecology and ecophysiology based @ScienceANU, has been awarded the Fenner Medal which recognises outstanding research in biology.
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
1 Apr 2025
🚀 Exciting news for early-career researchers!
The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops.
Applications are open now! postdocprogram.mpg.de
#ScienceCareer #PostdocProgram
ALT The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. Applications are open now!
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Keogh Lab (@keoghlabanu.bsky.social) retweeted
24 Mar 2025
I'm opening a K-12 learning centre in Canberra! We'll offer after-school courses in STEM, digital art, public speaking, and maths & English tutoring. It's been my dream to contribute to children's education, and I'm excited to open in just a month. ivlearning.au 🧵1/3
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