Myths about bats
No doubt about it, if you ask people to name their favourite animals, very few will answer ‘bats’. Indeed, they’re among the most maligned of all mammals. Many of my fellow bat biologists and [...]
The buzz on urban bees in NY
Check out my friend and colleague, Dr John Ascher, talking about urban bees in Prospect Park in New York City.
Nature deficit disorder in a highly urbanised nation – part 2
This is part 2 of a two-part blog entry. Click here to read part 1. From the perspective of future motivation to conserve biodiversity, one of the most troubling signs of nature-deficit-disorder (NDD) is [...]
Nature deficit disorder in a highly urbanised nation
This is part 1 of a two-part blog. Urbanisation has been identified by some authors as the top human cause of species endangerments and extinctions. That it has such a large impact on biodiversity [...]
URBANISATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
No doubt, I’m far from the only person thinking about climate change at the moment, what with the Paris Conference underway. Of course, as a conservation biologist, I’m often thinking about climate change (and sometimes driving [...]
Friday, 6 November – the lecture
This is part 3 of a three-part blog. If you’d like to read part 2, click here. Finally, time for Ms Ervin’s lecture at NUS, to a pretty full auditorium. She started by describing how [...]
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