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 | 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,...
by Thomas | Aug 20, 2019
Last autumn, I was a visiting professor at the University of the Balearic Islands in Mallorca for two months, and while I didn’t find any of the Meta bourneti cave spiders, I originally wanted to study, I did manage to find multiple Metellina merianae spiders in...
by Thomas | Jul 4, 2019
I first became fascinated by the potential behavioural adaptations of the cave spiders in the genus Meta (family Tetragnathidae) back in 2016, which spurred an interest for subterranean biology in general and lead to a student project on Meta menardi in Creswell Crags...
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