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Western fence lizards that experience wildlife learn that fire is a major threat, becoming more alert to the sounds of a blaze than to those of avian predators
Life 11 January 2023A western fence lizard at Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park in California Shutterstock/trekandshoot
Lizards living in habitats recently scorched by wildfire are more attentive to the sound of flames than lizards from nearby unburned regions, suggesting their fire avoidance is learned rather than innate.
After noticing that many western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) managed to live through wildfires in the western US that wiped out other animals, Lola Álvarez Ruiz at the Spanish National Research Council and her team began investigating how fire may be shaping the behaviour these reptiles. …
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