In the news

Staff contributor of the week, Mark Chapman, suggested this interesting article – how superstitions and myths affect animal conservation https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/endangered-animals-cultural-myths (thank you, Mark!)   First year students, please complete this questionnaire from the Royal Society of Biology about your experience of Biology at school https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/post16_bio17   Blue Planet II is coming! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41740841   I watched […]

Apply to be a guide dog puppy walker here https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/supportus/volunteering/register-now/?no_cache=1&location=southampton#.WT_MCnl1rct   Freya Brown says “Interesting zebra finch study – I was reading through this new study earlier and thought it may interest you: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.12916/full”. Thank you Freya! Staff contributor of the week is ………………. Mark Chapman! Bizarre new species of sponge discovered: “The sponge is […]

Here’s a bit of operant conditioning for you https://www.facebook.com/TheIndependentOnline/videos/10154643945376636/?autoplay_reason=all_page_organic_allowed&video_container_type=0&video_creator_product_type=2&app_id=2392950137&live_video_guests=0   Evidence of environmental phenotypic plasticity in fish https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15361   Masculinisation of female lions http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aje.12360/full?hootPostID=8ad60e7db8dd51172fd45987bf327e02   Sexual conflict and the arms race in cowpea seed beetles: the females fight back! https://www.newscientist.com/article/2132216-traumatic-beetle-sex-causes-rapid-evolutionary-arms-race/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&cmpid=SOC|NSNS|2017-Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1495704208   Plants from garden centres, sold as bee-friend, are actually a source of pesticides http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749117305158 […]

Flavia Trigo says “I saw an advertisement about a magazine written by ‘young nature lovers’ (as they call themselves), and I thought that perhaps you would be interested on adding it to the next edition of SEEN?! Anyone under 30 years old is invited to write an article about a topic related to nature. You can […]

Blue planet 2 coming this autumn http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/blue-planet-2-david-attenborough-bbc-documentary-series-a7589301.html   Pilot whale stranding http://www.livescience.com/57841-400-pilot-whales-strand-new-zealand.html   Scientists find potential for alien life http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39034050   Lemur facial recognition tool developed http://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-016-0011-9   The demise of the seal hunting industry http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38894821   Catastrophic coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/24/great-barrier-reef-could-face-another-big-coral-bleaching-event-this-year   Reviving woolly mammoths http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170221-reviving-woolly-mammoths-will-take-more-than-two-years   Suicidal reproduction in […]

Liam Mattingly suggests that we all watch this programme – Tree of the year. He says “, not a lot of science in it but still some beautiful trees with the history that comes with them. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/tree-of-the-year-with-ardal-ohanlon/on-demand/65397-001” Thank you, Liam!   Staff contributor of the week goes to………………………………..Mark Chapman! Mark says, “You or your students and postdocs or […]

British Ecological Society summer school – Every year the BES hosts an annual summer school for UG students interested in pursuing a career in ecology and related disciplines.  We want our school to be as diverse, welcoming and inspiring as possible and are hoping you will be willing to pass on details to your students.The […]

Several courses that you may be interested in: Gilbert White’s house – Create an entomology collection, Saturday 28th January, 10am-4pm, £40 – book here http://www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/event/create-entomology-collection/ Hampshire Cultural Trust – insect identification courses, all at Chilcomb house (apart from Dragonflies). If you are interested in more details and would like a booking form, please let me […]

If you’re on Twitter, take a look at #12AoC, it’s a MOOC that you can sign-up to and stands for 12 apps of Christmas. So far it’s at day 5 (the weekends don’t count). I’d be interested to hear what you think of any of the apps https://the12appsofchristmas.wordpress.com/   More young people are watching Plant […]

Hampshire mammal group have their open day and AGM tomorrow (26th November) in Shawford village hall from 10am-3:30pm. Please contact Ruth Kernohan (Ruth.Kernohan@hiwwt.org.uk )and take your own lunch. There will be 4 speakers: Helen Meech – The work of rewilding Britain; Ali Morse – Connecting rivers to their floodplains; Penny Green – Re-wilding at the […]