Incredibly true adventures of a field biologist

    It has been a very weird couple of months. During that time, I managed to go from perfectly healthy to death's doorstep. I somehow w...

Fairy-wrens are among the most charismatic and well-studied of Australia's birds. They are mostly known for having scandalous mating sys...

Exploiting some young volunteers This is a great job I have. Sure, it has problems, but overall I love it, and am not surprised that lo...

As the subtitle of the blog suggests, I am a field biologist. Being a field biologist requires a special set of skills and to be a good fi...

We all know that evolution does crazy, crazy things. If I were to ask most students of evolution for an example of how strong selectio...

So, a duck penis and an ice bucket walk into the bar... This might be a great start to an awful joke. Duck penises and ice challenges also ...

They say that variety is the spice of life and this summer ( Australian summer) I’m testing that idea. For all of my previous...