Category Archives: vampire bats
Revising Your First Scientific Manuscript
0000-0003-1823-8642 By Michael Hsieh “Dear Author”. That email salutation, and minor variations, still gives me a jolt of adrenaline and trepidation. I’ve been publishing scientific papers for almost three decades, but I frantically
Posted by BigSoda, Computer & Information Sciences, featured, fish, halloween, Podcast, Steve Silberman, Uta Frith, vampire bats
inAuthor Interview: Kimi Chapelle & Massospondylus Skull Anatomy
0000-0002-8715-2896 I’m a huge anatomy geek, and love papers that figure and describe the nooks and crannies of skulls. The increasingly widespread use of digital scans, coupled with the unfettering of page and color limitations
Posted by author interview, CT scans, Digitization, dinosaurs, featured, fossils, genetic editing, halloween, Interview, Massospondylus, PeerJ, Twitter Chat, vampire bats
inEavesdropping on seabirds
Ecologists trying to pin down the complex web of connections swirling around a particular species need to start with the basics, things like the size of the population, and whether or not its members are
Posted by acoustic monitoring, avian ecology, featured, fMRI methods, guest post, islands, petrels, remote monitoring, sea birds, Technology, vampire bats
inHow long can humans survive without food or water?
Rita Chretien, a Canadian woman survived being stranded inside a vehicle in Nevada for 48 days, by eating only some trail mix and candy, and drinking water from a stream. Apparently, she and her husband
Are Vampire Bats Nature’s Misunderstood Monsters?
Werewolves, ghosts, and vampires—with the days getting shorter and colder, and Halloween fast approaching, our imaginations turn to the ghouls that supposedly come out around this time of year. Vampires, one of history’s most popular
Posted by animal behavior, bats, Creative re-use, Desmodus rotundus, featured, fun, halloween, Internet/Blogging, open access, vampire bats
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