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Busting Myths About Working With Bees

As someone who’s worked with bumblebees in a science laboratory for 5 years, I’ve been asked just about every bee-related question imaginable. So, for world bee day, I thought I’d lay out some of [...]
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Advice for an Undergrad Presentation

You’ve been given your first presentation assignment at university. Perhaps you have already done lots of presentations and are used to public speaking, or perhaps you have never spoken in front of a crowd [...]
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The Psychotropic San Pedro Cactus, Echinopsis pachanoi

Central and South America is home to a number of psychotropic cacti, most of which share the active constituent mescaline. An important psychotropic cactus is the San Pedro Cacti, Echinopsis pachanoi, native to the Andes [...]
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Physarum polycephalum – Slimy Yet Smart

Slime mould (Physarum polycephalum) may sound disgusting, but by utilising its method of locomotion, we can plan out networks from highways to computer algorithms. Slime mould may not strike you as the kind of organism [...]
Evolution

Birds: A Colourful Past

The colour displays of birds are one of the many wonders of the natural world. These displays are primarily involved in courtship behaviours by messaging reproductive fitness to potential mates. One of the more impressive [...]

Busting Myths About Working With Bees

May 20, 2022 0

As someone who’s worked with bumblebees in a science laboratory for 5 years, I’ve been asked just about every bee-related question imaginable. So, for world bee day, I thought I’d lay out some of [...]
Advice for an Undergrad Presentation

February 16, 2022 0

You’ve been given your first presentation assignment at university. Perhaps you have already done lots of presentations and are used to public speaking, or perhaps you have never spoken in front of a crowd [...]
The Psychotropic San Pedro Cactus, Echinopsis pachanoi

January 19, 2022 0

Central and South America is home to a number of psychotropic cacti, most of which share the active constituent mescaline. An important psychotropic cactus is the San Pedro Cacti, Echinopsis pachanoi, native to the Andes [...]
Physarum polycephalum – Slimy Yet Smart

October 27, 2021 1

Slime mould (Physarum polycephalum) may sound disgusting, but by utilising its method of locomotion, we can plan out networks from highways to computer algorithms. Slime mould may not strike you as the kind of organism [...]
Birds: A Colourful Past

September 15, 2021 0

The colour displays of birds are one of the many wonders of the natural world. These displays are primarily involved in courtship behaviours by messaging reproductive fitness to potential mates. One of the more impressive [...]
All Aboard this Ecological Lifeboat

June 30, 2021 0

Let’s talk about deadwood, in times gone by deadwood was often seen as a sign of poor forest management, something diseased to be gotten rid of. In actual fact, deadwood is an often overlooked haven [...]
The Peyote Cactus – Lophophora williamsii

May 12, 2021 0

Having been known and written about since at least the sixteenth century, Lophophora williamsii is a cactus that lives in the Texan desert and is also native to South America. Within these regions, it’s fair [...]
To be Jealous of a Goose: The Marvels of Migration

April 29, 2021 0

It’s a Strange Thing Being Jealous of a Goose It’s not a feeling I expected to have at this stage in my life, or at any stage in my life come to think of it. [...]
The Mandrake

February 10, 2021 0

Interest in the mandrake has grown recently, due to curiosity regarding organic plants, herbal healing, use in homoeopathy and folk medicine […]
3 Incredible Wildlife Adaptations to Life in the Concrete Jungle

January 26, 2021 2

The rapid expansion of urban environments is something to behold, and it may be causing adaptations in the natural world in unexpected ways. It is clear to see that in recent decades urban areas have [...]
The Alluring Fly Agaric

December 9, 2020 0

The Fly Agaric, one of the most iconic, magical and frequently drawn fungi has been used throughout the ages for its hallucinogenic properties […]
Plant Crime: Mini-Ecosystems Under Threat

August 6, 2020 2

Poaching in combination with loss of habitat poses a huge threat to populations of both plants and animals particularly endangered species including the coast redwood. […]