Patrick's Biology Blog

After a module full of interaction and meeting some of the foremost scientists in their fields, I have learnt an incredible amount that has helped inform me about so many…

James Hicks is a PhD student in the University of Nottingham currently studying the Malaysian species of agamids lizards and the impacts that human habitat alteration has had on their…

In order to reinforce the lessons taught in Chris Walker’s lectures, we competed in a group task whereby we had to create a business based in biology and make an…

Dr Susana Carvalho is an Associate Professor in Palaeoanthropology at Oxford University who specialises in tool use and material culture in non-human primates, in addition to leading the ambitious Paleo-Primate…

Richard Wrangham is a world renowned British Primatologist, working out of Harvard University. He has written a number of Anthropological books encompassing human behaviour, cooking and violence. My Human Evolutionary…

The Human Condition Humans as a species are remarkably calm when it comes to emotional (reactive) aggression, our communities are incredibly peaceful, unlike many animal ones, where fighting between males…

Dr Sarah Papworth is a senior lecturer in conservation biology at the Royal Holloway University of London and focusses her research mainly on the increasingly severe impacts humans have on…

Chris Walker is a Lecturer at Bangor University and a world renowned business consultant that has provided consultancy for many huge multinational companies. The series of lectures given by him…

Matilda Brindle is a PhD studying the evolution of the baculum (penis bone) and the origin of masturbation in primates at UCL Anthropology. A Widespread Phenomenon Many animals manually stimulate…

This workshop ran by Clare Brass was aimed at teaching us techniques to deal with the stresses of job interviews and providing us with useful experience when attending assessment centres…

Clare Brass is the employability co-ordinator for Bangor University and delivered lectures to aim our employability. This particular post covers her advice regarding interview skills and how to write a…

Tom Major is a Bangor University PhD student working with Wolfgang Wüster on aesculapian snakes; particularly using niche modelling, climate modelling, radio telemetry and many other methods to assess how…