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Sharing is Caring if You’re a Vampire Bat

Vampire bats undoubtedly make the list of real-life critters that double as…
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31 Oct 2015Comments: 2

A grain of sand

In the coastal town of Margate, New Jersey there is a battle…
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28 Oct 2015

Mating Systems Part II: the evolutionarily advantage for seahorse males to become pregnant and other examples

My last blog post I introduced mating systems and gave examples of…
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19 Oct 2015Comments: 1

Cockroaches aren’t as good at surviving as we thought

If you exist on planet earth for more than about 15 years…
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8 Oct 2015Comments: 1

Notes from the field: What does a scientist do?

If I were to ask you, describe a scientist, what would you…
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5 Oct 2015
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Megan, Jill, Tony, Caroline and Dominic discuss their favorite topics in ecology and evolution in SciFund’s own Eco Tome Blog.

The aptly named clearwing butterfly (Photo credit: https://www.rockcostarica.com/lake-arenal/gallery/clearwing-butterfly/).
The aptly named clearwing butterfly (Photo credit: https://www.rockcostarica.com/lake-arenal/gallery/clearwing-butterfly/).

Their favorite topics include:

  • urban ecology
    
  • ecology of diseases and vectors
  • the evolution of biodiversity

They also tackle "big-issue" biology. Such as:

  • climate change
  • pollination ecology
  • evolution and creationism