Linking nicely to 2 of the previous stories, The Times Higher last week reported that the decline in field biology skills in the UL has reach crisis point http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/tablet/A6881D80/2018731.shared . Take things into your own hands, by taking advantage of the extra opportunities that are made available to you as students (e.g. the BioBlitz), you will find that it will help you to get a job.
2013 Zoology graduate Connor Butler (still a SEEN fan) saw this article too. He fondly remember the Spanish field course “which gave me ID skills that I still use every day”. Really wonderful for us all to hear, thank you Connor!
Night time singing by urban robins http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31505672 (thank you Jake!)
Why the elephant has a long trunk http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150217-why-the-elephant-has-a-long-trunk?ocid=twert (thank you Becks!)
BBC4 this week had a really good programme about climate change, please do watch it http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b054fg05/climate-change-a-horizon-guide
Eyelashes in mammals are a third as long as the width of the eye http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/25/science/length-of-lashes-keeps-eyes-from-drying-study-finds.html?_r=0
Posted By : Judith Lock