New funnelweb spider species! The world’s most iconic spider just got supersized. The Newcastle funnelweb has vast potential for pharmacology, With my new friends at the Australian reptile park. From a paper by Kane Christensen and Dr Stephanie Loria

Looking forward to joining my friends at The GO Diving Show UK at the NAEC Stoneleigh on the 1st and 2nd March, where I will be headlining the main stage. early bird 2-for-1 tickets are now available if you buy your ticket before 31st January 2025 and under 16’s go free of charge

I go by many names… hoppy Joe, red bull ant, bulldog ant, giant bull ant etc is a phenomenon. NB don’t try this - I’ve been stung so know I’m not allergic to the sting. For all new #Deadly60 starting soon on abctempiview and @abcaustralia plus CBBC @bbciplayer

NEW SCIENCE for #Deadly60 @bangor_university While filming in the jungles of Suriname, we recorded a relationship between tapir and cowbirds. However they were opening wounds and going for blood! New paper published with Christian Dunn and Mark C Mainwaring in @austral_ecology

Fishermen and their whale shark pals #Deadly60

Project Hiu as told by Sharkgirl Madison

Deadly is back Downunder! All new Deadly60 begins on ABC and iview tomorrow. From jungle expeditions to deep sea exploration, from baitball spectaculars to desert denizens… and all DEADLY 💀ABC Australia

Waterway win! Thanks to my friends at Defra, the Environment Agency and London Mayor Sadik Khan for inviting me to Walthamstow Wetlands today, to talk positive plans for London’s rivers. The initial £1.8billion investment aims to clean up 41 of our capitals waterways starting NOW

Whilst at the celebratory meetings yesterday, I had a little browse through the Thames water interactive sewage site The nearest outflow hadn’t released for two weeksBut a quick scan gives you a sense of quite how much work there is to be done…RiverActionUK

Rockfall is my worst nightmare on #Expedition For most climbers the routes we climb have been well used and everything loose long gone. But when you’re climbing of abbing down something for the first time you can pull off chunks of rock the size of a fridge… on @bbciplayer now

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Made the mistake of listening to the Isle of Wight song while exercising. Dropped a weight on my toe due to the snorting (mine)

All the mod cons BBC iPlayer BBC Two Official UKTV Aldo Kane

The Bee Beard. The ultimate show of faith in your hard-working girls. It was loud, ticklish but I didn’t get stung even once, and left with an even greater appreciation of these little things that make the world work. From Secret Life of Bees, on Channel 5 22nd May 9pm.

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