by Thomas | Jul 2, 2020
I have had the great pleasure of being involved in a study on invertebrates in Gcwihaba cave in Botswana (sadly remotely so far, although I hope to visit the cave one day). The cave is the largest one in Botswana, and relatively well visited by tourists, but...
by Thomas | Feb 13, 2020
The latest issue of the New Scientist (8 Feb 2020) has an interesting article on spider cognition written by the science journalist and writer David Robson. While the article focus somewhat on the impressive cognitive abilities of the jumping spider Portia (although I...
by Thomas | Feb 11, 2020
In a funny coincidence, the pre-published manuscript of the black solider fly paper that I co-authored, which I submitted to ORA (Oxford University Research Archive), was the 35,000th paper to be deposited to the archive (yay it is almost like winning the...
by Thomas | Nov 10, 2019
The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) is rapidly becoming a very popular agricultural insect since it is easy to farm, does not carry diseases, and can be used to reduce organic waste (by eating it) with the resulting larval or pupal mass then used as a rich food...
by Thomas | Oct 15, 2019
I’m currently on Jersey enjoying teaching on the Island Ecology module that forms part of the MSc in Island Biodiversity and Conservation offered by the Jersey International Centre of Advanced Studies and accredited by the University of Exeter. It is especially...
by Thomas | Sep 16, 2019
As part of my role of co-director the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education’s Postgraduate Certificate of Ecological Survey Techniques, I get the pleasure of supervising or marking a number of very interesting field projects every year. However,...
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