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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

Xenodiagnosis: a method for pathogen detection

As an ecologist something that I am interested in understanding more about…
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9 May 2016

Mating Systems

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

Now you see me, now you don’t – True tales of sharks, bugs and other creatures hiding in plain view

Deep in the ocean, sharks pursue their prey.  Large species found in…
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11 Jul 2015Comments: 1

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

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

What is causing eastern blacklegged tick range expansion?

The eastern blacklegged tick, formerly known as the deer tick, is an…
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30 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