Faces of ESLR: Michael Chimento
Our new series will highlight the work of different ESLR society members. Today, we hear from Michael Chimento, a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, about his research.
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Faces of ESLR: Alba Motes-Rodrigo
Our new series will highlight the work of different ESLR society members. Today, we hear from Alba Motes-Rodrigo, a PhD student at the University of Tübingen, about her work.
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Of sharks and their ability to learn from others
Catarina Vila Pouca spoke to Cultured Scene about her findings on social learning in juvenile Port Jackson sharks that have been published in Animal Behaviour earlier this year.
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A tribe of poets answered me
An unfortunate side effect of undertaking a PhD is that hobbies are often left by the wayside. We have every intention of carrying them with us on our long and winding academic roads, but somehow they fall from our pockets. By the time we have noticed, the hike back to them can appear too arduous to be worth the effort.
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The ‘art’ of keeping sane: a PhD caught in a pandemic
To think that a month ago, I lived happily amidst a few people, starting my days early in the sticky warmth of tropical sunshine, enjoying cups of chai, watching for birds, picking up and playing with wind-dispersed seeds. All of this in a small village in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on the far east […]
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