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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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 […]
Costa Rica is one of the most biologically diverse places on the planet. Making up only 0.03% of the Earth’s surface it is home to nearly 6% of the world’s biodiversity. Reserva Ecológica Bijagual located […]
Venom Day is somewhat of a unique conference held towards the end of each year at Bangor University. As far as I’m aware it is the only student organised conference in the UK that is […]
Writing a thesis is a fundamental component of many undergraduate degrees, and for many it can be one of the most useful and enjoyable things about your time at university. The experience of successfully designing […]
A day or two before flying back to Durban I received an email from a colleague inviting me along to a Bioblitz from the 2nd to the 5th of September in Bluff Nature Reserve. I […]
I’m almost finished my Master’s degree and thought it would be nice to take time out of writing my dissertation to write about my dissertation. As an aspiring wildlife biologist, I intend to combine my […]
A brief summary of the 13th Herpetological Association of Africa Conference. I became a member of the Herpetological Association of Africa (HAA) almost a year ago now, and I can safely say it is one […]
Introduction to the Congress Last month, I was fortunate enough to attend the 8th World Congress of Herpetology, perhaps the largest herpetological meeting in the world. The event occurs every four years (or so), and […]
‘How to discuss lynx using a tenuous link between Portuguese and UK rabbit data sets’ This was scientifically translated to ‘Rabbit haemorrhagic disease and myxomatosis: Disease dynamics and mortality in European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus in […]
Back in 2009, I was studying for my Zoology degree at the University of Southampton. One of my professors sent an email around to my year group to request applications for an interesting third year […]
I’ve recently returned from my first visit to my field site here in South Africa, the Ndumo game reserve. This place is truly incredible and I feel extremely privileged to have the opportunity to call […]
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