Day 2. We collected water samples at the supplier’s fish farm facility and tested a few for parasite eDNA using the Biomeme Inc. M1 prep kit and the Franklin, which ran like charm although we had no positive detections...yet :) more to come @DeptAgNews (1/3)

Currently obsessed with structural colour #birds #ornithology

The way light is polarized when reflected from leaves can be affected by infection with plant viruses. #colsci journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Habronattus americanus male showing off his wild clypeal setae that project forward beneath his eyes. Ornamental or functional?

Spiders use bright colours to attract prey, they even orient themselves to increase attractiveness #biologyletters bit.ly/BejewelledSpid…

Dynamic masquerade with morphing three-dimensional skin in cuttlefish - super cool: preview.tinyurl.com/movt2ap #colsci

Parental care in a lizard anoleannals.org/2017/04/05/the…

Our new paper on #vision & camouflage from our #citizenscience games is out: academic.oup.com/beheco/article… #colsci #sensoryecology #birds #OA

I'm hiring a poison dart frog postdoc!! Please RT. macmanes.weebly.com/blog/im-hiring…

Cool new paper by Arnaud Badiane Pau Carazo Colour patch size and measurement error using spectrophotometry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi?DO…

New theme issue on animal coloration is out today by Royal Society Publishing including a new paper from our group. #ColSci rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/372/17…

Natural history research is SO important. blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/…

Meet our #SuperstarsofSTEM! 30 impressive scientists and technologist will take part over the next year #WomeninSTEM bit.ly/2tvUVqr

Cosmophasis umbratica @ Singapore instagram.com/p/BXMK3BWBW7PW…

New paper on why #colsci is important and brilliant- by just a small group of us. science.sciencemag.org/content/357/63…

What a pleasure listening to Jane Goodall today!

Podcast of me interviewed on BBC 4 about Improbable Destinies bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05…

More unexpected predation! Jumping #spider feeding on anoles & tree frogs! Another by Nyffeler et al: bioone.org/doi/abs/10.163… cc Ambika Kamath

Why exactly is a cardinal feeding a goldfish?