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Category Archives: natural history
The Virosphere’s Own Trojan Horse
Melissa Walker wrote this post as a part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Melissa’s research focuses on the interactions between freshwater biofilms and the viruses that infect them. She is currently … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, evolution, genomics, microbiology, natural history, Science Communication
Tagged Blogging, Evolution, host-phage, phage, scicomm, virosphere, virus
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Introducing The Molecular Ecologist Podcast
The Molecular Ecologist is trying out a new medium for the first time since we launched: audio! That’s right, TME contributors, talking about the science we’ve been reading and writing about, recorded for easy listening on any internet-capable device. As … Continue reading
Posted in community, housekeeping, microbiology, modest proposals, natural history, Science Communication, Science History, TME Podcast
Tagged Crow, ibex, Whales
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Go north, young salamander
Posted in natural history, population genetics
Tagged landscape genetics, Plethodon shenandoah, salamander
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Population genetics takes the "co" out of snake-newt coevolution (maybe)
A textbook example of predator-prey coevolution could need revision, if the conclusions of a recently posted pre-print hold up more broadly. The manuscript, lead-authored by Michael Hague with Amber Stokes, Chris Feldman, and Ed and “Butch” Brodie, calls into question … Continue reading
Posted in Coevolution, natural history, population genetics, selection
Tagged Taricha granulosa, Thamnophis sirtalis
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Kelp forests: the underwater woodlands
Aisha O’ Connor wrote this post as a project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Conservation Genetics course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She sat in on lectures while she was at UAB as part of a British Phycological Society Student Bursary … Continue reading