App/Blog/website of the week

The Dissent of man (I recently had a Twitter exchange with him) – exploring the influence of Darwin on everyone http://unbound.co.uk/books/the-dissent-of-man/

I have already suggested Rinse, the app which lets you record when you find a non-native species. You can also find out a lot more about non-native species here http://www.nonnativespecies.org/home/index.cfm

Aichi Targets Passport – provides annual updates for the global biodiversity indicators brought together by the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership to monitor progress towards the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the underlying Aichi Biodiversity Targets http://www.bipindicators.net/resource/aichipassport

App of the week (suggested by Lex, thank you Lex!) PhotoMath – https://photomath.net/ – PhotoMath reads and solves mathematical expressions by using the camera of your mobile device in real time

Doing your Christmas shopping? Why not get behind Bob? https://www.voteforbob.co.uk/get-involved#shop

I have been using this one to record rhododendron http://www.rinse-europe.eu/smartphone-apps

The bank vole  – read more about their adaptive divergence due to a random mutation which resulted in a variation in haemoglobin, which increased resistance to oxidative stress, giving a selective advantage during post-glacial warming http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1786/20140021.full

Please like Chilworth Conservation Ltd. on Facebook. The conservation area is located near Chilworth manor and the science park.

I did my PhD in the same department and at the same time as Dr Emily Grossman, although she worked on cells and I worked on beetles. We were also in the same student society, the exceedingly high brow, sophisticated and the epitome of cool, the Manchester University Gilbert & Sullivan Society (MUGSS for short). […]

iSpot – share your species spots and help with identification http://www.ispotnature.org/