I gave a talk at the SEB conference on Guillemot egg nano-structures which was picked up by quite a few media outlets, notably the BBC, NBC, National Geographic! This work has been in conjunction with James Bowen, part of the School of Chemical Engineering, at the University of Birmingham.

Excited to have joined the Outside JEB team. I will be writing 4 articles a year for the news and views section of the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Our study focusing on Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) was featured on the BBC Nature News. The story was supported by fantastic photographs by Huy Lam. This work led by Lesley Alton and Craig White at the University of Queensland. The full paper can be found here.

A paper we published in Biology Letters (nearly cleared the PhD backlog!) has been covered in the Outside JEB section of The Journal for Experimental Biology. The article is here, with the full paper here.

Our study investigating why certain species of vultures are prone to collisions with wind turbines while others are seemingly not, has been featured in the news section of Nature. Our study, led by Prof Graham Martin, reveals that certain vulture species are blind to their direction of travel if they are not looking directly ahead. The study was done in collaboration with Dr Campbell Murn at The Hawk Conservancy Trust. The full study can be read here, in the journal Ibis.

Our review discussing the evolution of eggshell colouration was featured by WIRED. The review, headed by Golo Maurer and Phill Cassey, proposes a series of testable ideas to try and understand better the function of eggshell colouration. The full article can be found here, in the Journal of Avian Biology.