July 2013
(Science) Summer Holiday!
We’re all going on a (science) summer holiday! EcoEvo@TCD will be taking a short break for the summer so we won’t be updating the blog through July and August. Between us I think we’re attending five or six conferences, giving almost 20 talks and posters, and visiting three different continents, all for SCIENCE! Some of […]
How to build a vulture trap
Last month I spent a month in Mbuluzi Game Reserve in Swaziland attempting to build a walk-in trap that will allow me to capture vultures. I want to be able to tag the birds with GPS trackers and ask a host of interesting questions from which a flood of Nature papers will follow. We'll have […]
Why dating a scientist has ruined my life
Did you know that otter's penises are shrinking? I didn't. Until I was informed of that by my scientist girlfriend. I can no longer look at otters the same way again. Science ruins everything. I used to enjoy life. The future promised to us by Back to the Future was so close! That all ended […]