PLEASE SHARE! Galway, I need your help!🦊 I'm collecting field data on foxes to compare with our citizen science survey and look for any correlations For best results, I need everyone to be reporting the foxes they spot in Galway city, you would be helping me massively! 🧡

Hot off the press! My last chapter of PhD has been finally publsihed! Here we compare the internal anatomy of the chela closing muscles in two species of scorpione at the extremes of the chela morphological gradient. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jm…

🚨 Fully-funded PhD project on the size, structure and interconnectivity of ghost bat populations Charles Darwin University. 📍 Darwin, AU Closes: 20th June 2025 🔗 linkedin.com/posts/nicola-h…

Our latest contribution to the world of arachnology and venom studies, freshly published in Biology Letters. Congratulations to Dr. Keith Lyons for leading this exciting study!

FUCK YEAH FUCK TRUMP In response to Trump’s cuts to science research funding and attacks on universities, the EU is investing over $500 million to recruit researchers and scientists from the U.S.

Not all dinosaurs were lumbering giants, some were streamlined speedsters that would have given today’s fastest animals a run for their money… discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/fast…

Ireland’s broken social contract: ‘I have worked since I’m 17 and I have nothing to show for it’ irishtimes.com/life-style/202…

Big thank you to Royal Society Publishing for promoting my recent research on spider venom potency, recently published in Biology Letters but also for inviting me to discuss said research through their "Ecology & Evolution Seminar Series" cassyni.com/events/Jcwo8p3… bsky.app/profile/royals…

Can dragonflies bite? Can dragonflies sting? Are dragonflies dangerous? They're all common questions - read on to find out the answers! discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/i…

Teasels have a cool little trick up their stems....

I recently had the pleasure of presenting my research at University of Galway’s Zoology Colloquium 2025! This was a great opportunity to present the work I've done since the launch of the Urban Fox Survey, which has been a very successful project thanks to everyone's support! 🦊

Latest publication from the Dugon Venom Systems Lab: A review exploring the occurence of envenoming-led infections, suggesting that we need to study the microbiome of venomous organisms a lot more closely if we want to improve post-envenoming care. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Spider webs come in a range of forms, with some spider webs being used for many years and others being rebuilt each day. The latter often eat their old webs as they dismantle them, but why? discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/i…