40% of insect species are in decline and a third are endangered. What are the causes? And what can we do to help?
Is this the collapse of nature?
The future is female: sea turtle sex ratios on a warming planet
A recent study by Jensen et al. (2018), has proven that in a population of green sea turtles in the Great Barrier Reef, there is a clear, ever increasing female sex bias. What does the future look like for this species?
Are we altering the course of evolution through hunting?
In a recently published paper by Festa-Bianchet & Mysterud, the circumstances under which evolution can result from hunting are explored.
Quantifying colour: my first weeks in labs
Now four weeks into labs, and my last semester at Nottingham, I thought I'd write to explain how my project is going, and what exactly I have been doing so far.
Exterior decorating for snails
You may think of snails as boring, everyday creatures, but in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis, a lot more is going on than meets the eye.
Save their planet: coral reefs in decline
A 2°C increase in global temperatures will mean a decline in 99% of all coral reefs, causing immeasurable damage to these beautiful underwater oases. What can be done?
