by Captain Skellett | Dec 5, 2011 | Science Communication
On Friday I went to day three of the international barcode of life conference, which happened to be in my hometown of Adelaide, actually at the home of my undergrad – The University of Adelaide – how convenient! DNA barcoding matches a region of DNA to a...
by Captain Skellett | Dec 16, 2010 | Science Communication
Quick note and heads up to check out OpenLab10, which has published a list of some of the best blogging efforts from 2010. A good bunch in anyone’s book! From this epic list they will narrow down to a mere 53, which will be published in an anthology on actual...
by Captain Skellett | Oct 7, 2010 | Recent Research, Science Communication
This katydid is one of the new species discovered in Papua New Guinea during a recent expedition by Conservation International. Another katydid had huge spiky back legs, which it stuck in the air and jabbed at attackers. The researchers discovered it was quite...