Author Archives: Judith Lock

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 […]