Third year Steph Cowling spent last year one a placement at Kew Gardens. She thought you might be interested in the training course at Kew http://www.kew.org/learn/specialist-training/courses-a-z/plant-taxonomy-identification-and-field-skills/plant-taxonomy-identification-and-field-skills.htm (thank you Steph!).
PhD student Rob Gandola sent in details about the UK Herpetological workers’ meeting at Bristol zoo on 1st-2nd Feb. He says is it a must for anyone interested in or wanting to get involved with herpetofauna conservation in the Uk or Ireland http://www.arc-trust.org/about-us/What-we-do/annual-conferences/HWM/HWM2014/information.htm (thank you Rob!)
3rd year Phoebe Cross says she attended a Gatsby summer school after her 1st year and suggested you take a look at their Plant News http://www.gatsbyplants.leeds.ac.uk/news.php and online lectures http://www.gatsbyplants.leeds.ac.uk/tree.2.0/gatsby_tree.php?theme=null (thank you Phoebe!).
Another link from Phoebe Cross! She says “I found this article whilst researching how to write a science article for a newspaper for my spatial ecology module! It’s mocking how science articles are often written 😛 http://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1” (thank you Phoebe – again!)
Origins of dogs – a study in Science investigating canine mitochondrial DNA indicates where dogs were first domesticated
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6160/785.full – review
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6160/871.full – article
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6160/875.2.full – also mentioned in Science podcast
Competition for mates has epigenetic effects on offspring – or as the BBC Nature website puts it “Promiscuous mice bear sexier smelling sons” http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/24987344
TED talk on moral behaviour in animals by Frans de Waal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcJxRqTs5nk&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGcJxRqTs5nk&app=desktop
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