GIS course (sent in by Felix, thank you Felix, staff contributor of the week!)
A 2-day GIS course is bring run in Gloucester on 3rd-4th February 2015. The cost is £200 for students. More information available here http://www.ert-conservation.co.uk/qgis_intro.php
Importance of egg shape to avian survival
Sent in my Robin Harris, he says “I read this really interesting article on how the evolution of egg shape could have been a contributing factor to birds surviving the mass extinction event http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29895683.” (thank you Robin!)
Wildlife in art
Ali Simmance sent a link to this article about wildlife murals that have been painted all over London by street artist Louis Massaai http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/nov/20/street-artist-captures-uk-wildlife-in-murals-around-london (thank you Ali!)
The truth about crocodiles – they’re awesome
Sent in by Southampton’s answer to Crocodile Dundee, Rob Gandola, the amazingness of crocodiles https://theconversation.com/the-unknown-crocodiles-33007 (thank you Rob!)
Cheating bankers
Banking culture primes people to cheat http://www.nature.com/news/banking-culture-primes-people-to-cheat-1.16380
Ebola crisis
Whilst the internet debates the pros and cons of Band Aid 30, stay up to date on the Ebola outbreak on the Nature website http://www.nature.com/news/ebola-1.15750
Importance of pollinators
Read more about the National Pollinator Strategy here http://butterfly-conservation.org/48-7322/pollinators-pushed-up-the-agenda.html
Skewed sex ratios – in science
Posted By : Judith Lock