When I mention that my PhD is in wildfire ecology, most people immediately ask if I study the fires in Australia or California. I am often met with surprise when I reply that I study Scottish wildfires and that there are in fact plenty of wildfires here. While these fires…
The Zoology Museum turns 50 on the 17th December 2020. I thought I’d use this blog to talk a bit about what the Zoology Museum means to me.
I am the Education and Outreach Officer for the School of Biological Sciences, and have been involved in doing public engagement for…
The astronomer Carl Sagan famously said that “The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff.” But while…
