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Climate change and biodiversity loss: A dangerous combination?

Diversity makes us stronger. The diversity of life, biodiversity, is what unites and sustains us as living things on this tiny planet. And without it our tiny planet is in trouble.
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19 Aug 2017

Planet Earth II: one of many fantastic nature and science documentaries

Planet Earth II, the newest BBC wildlife documentary is premiering on BBC America!! If you have BBC, definitely watch! There are also more ways to watch, and you can find out how here. I will definitely be watching!
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7 Feb 2017

A vaccine for fake news

There is currently a plague of fake news around the U.S. and like many other educators, scientists and citizens, I am increasingly concerned about the impacts this has on the understanding of science for my students and the public at large.
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28 Jan 2017Comments: 2

Mating Systems

Last blog I mentioned some specifics about horse shoe crab mating behavior…
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31 Aug 2015

#ESA100: The Centennial Celebration of the Ecological Society of America Meeting

Ecology is the study of relationships between organisms and their habitats and…
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18 Aug 2015

A biologist’s bucket list

For every biologist there is a list of natural events or places…
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25 Jul 2015Comments: 2

BioBlitz: a coming together of scientists, naturalists, and the community

One of the reasons I wanted to start contributing to a blog…
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20 Jun 2015

Why we should be aware of Chagas Disease

If you have read my blogposts you may be aware that I…
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16 May 2015

Bridging the gap with citizen science

Who can think of a better way to close the gap between…
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25 Apr 2015Comments: 1
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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