SEEN 5.4

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 3^rd-4^th 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

http://journalofanimalecology.wordpress.com/2014/10/29/solving-the-skewed-sex-ratio-problem-in-science/

 

Posted By : Judith Lock