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Author Archives: Sarah Marley

Insights for Sustaining Life on Earth

September 1, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

Primate researcher Dr Xyomara Carretero-Pinzón, from the University of Queensland (Australia), recently attended the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) in Colombia.  Here she reports back on the conference in general […]

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Conference Report, Guest post

Why Mark Twain was wrong about lizards

August 14, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

In the many discussions regarding Mark Twain, relatively few probably relate to his opinion on lizards.  However, this is the focus of our guest post by Professor Shai Meiri from […]

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Guest post

Giving a hoot about owl populations

August 5, 2017by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

International Owl Day – who gives a hoot?  Dr Sarah Hoy sure does!  Sarah completed her PhD at the University of Aberdeen, which studied how the demography and dynamics of […]

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Guest post

Advances in Mammalogy in a Changing World

July 28, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

Our own Blog Editor Sarah Marley was fortunate enough to attend the International Mammal Congress earlier this month.  Here, she gives us the conference low-down from the land down-under! Earlier […]

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Conference Report

Scaly Not Scary – Reconciling Humans and Snakes

July 12, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

Snakes have long been vilified in popular media – but do they deserve such a bad reputation?  Many people believe otherwise, with 16th July marking World Snake Day and providing the […]

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Guest post

When Some Choughs Do Better Than Others

July 3, 2017by Sarah Marley 1 Comment

Red-billed choughs are a species of conservation concern, as discussed a recent Journal of Animal Ecology publication investigating their effective population size.  Amanda Trask, lead author of the study, recently finished her […]

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Guest post

Social networks and disease transmission – A story of giraffes

June 23, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

World Giraffe Day celebrates the longest-necked animal on the longest day (or night, depending on your hemisphere!) of the year – 21st June.  Yet many aspects of giraffe ecology remain […]

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Guest post

Marine Mammal Conservation in the Light of Marine Spatial Use

June 1, 2017by Sarah Marley Leave a comment

Earlier this month, the European Cetacean Society (ECS) held their 31st annual conference in Middelfart, Denmark.  Established in 1987, ECS has several hundred members from more than 25 European countries […]

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Conference Report

Mild winters have butterflies in a flap

May 5, 2017by Sarah Marley 2 Comments

The study of phenology – cyclical patterns of biological events – has long been used to investigate relationships between climate and natural phenomena.  In this way, events such as bird […]

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