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Crickets songs are more popular than Beyonce

Twitter is a weird place, no doubt about that. To some, it’s…
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12 Nov 2015

What do scientists do? Part II – A tribute to taxonomists

The giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands are huge, weighing up to…
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7 Nov 2015Comments: 4

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

The puzzling case of the twisted sisters

In the business of making evolutionary trees you’re always on the lookout…
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21 Aug 2015

There is more to mosquitoes than bloodsucking

As spring arrives, I cannot help but think about all of the…
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11 Apr 2015Comments: 1

Hello, spring! We’ve been waiting for you….

If you are like me, you have been eagerly awaiting the change…
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29 Mar 2015

What is a cockroach?

There are over 7000 different answers to this question because there are…
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27 Feb 2015

Why the forest has no floor

Hi, I’m Dominic. I study biodiversity in tropical rainforests and tropical savannah…
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23 Jan 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