Author Archives: Judith Lock

Call for papers for 7th Mammal Society student conference, 27th April, University of Worcester http://www.mammal.org.uk/events/the-mammal-society-7th-student-conference/   Royal Institution Christmas lectures have an animal behaviour theme this year, communication http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/2017-the-language-of-life?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy6DEs4qM2AIVSrvtCh1zKA_VEAAYASAAEgJd9fD_BwE   St Matthew Island reindeer population – 29 introduced in 1944, to a peak of 6000, to a population of 42 http://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comic/st-matthew-island/#page-4   Christmas tree science […]

Newest additions to the IUCN red list http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/latest-iucn-red-list-of-threatened-species-includes-asian-dolphin-and-finless-porpoise/   The effect of noise pollution on animal behaviour https://theconversation.com/how-noise-pollution-is-changing-animal-behaviour-52339   Dog memory http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/your-dog-remembers-more-you-think?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=dogmem-9336   This is all over the popular press, http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/42262908 ; https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/06/smuggled-fossil-very-weird-new-species-of-amphibious-dinosaur-halszkaraptor-escuilliei   Phenotypic plasticity – we mustn’t forget the importance of the environment in phenotypic expression. There is increasing evidence for its important […]