I have heard that the BioSoc careers event was very successful last Wednesday. Great to hear that so many students are considering their future. Congratulations to all involved.
British Ecological Society’s Undergraduate Ecological Careers Conference 2018 – Tickets are now available for the Undergraduate Ecological Careers Conference 2018 for final year undergraduates/ recent graduates thinking about taking their next step in ecology. The annual event will be held on Monday 12 February 2018, from 9:30am – 15:30pm at Charles Darwin House, London http://bit.ly/2ieVBZS
From Becky Morris (staff contributor of the week contender) : The Zooniverse Elephant Expedition project needs volunteers to analyse camera trap photos and decide which have elephants in them (or gorillas or leopards!) and how many elephants there are. This helps them to work out where the elephants are living and how big their family groups are.
The photo analysis is straightforward: Look through the photos and mark them as either having an elephant in them or not, and if they do have an elephant in them how many elephants can you see. Quick and easy, plus it’s exciting to hunt through photos and find these rare and elusive creatures. You’ll often run into other rainforest animals to identify as well, leopards, gorillas, chimpanzees, red river hogs, and buffalo are common in these forests! Please circulate the page to anyone you may know that would like to click through -school kids, people who are retired, people who love to procrastinate, anyone! It’s quite exciting to spot cool animals.
The link to the project is: www.zooniverse.org/projects/anabellecardoso/elephant-expedition
Thank you, Becky!
Posted By : Judith Lock