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Whale shark journeys and habitats off the Gulf of California – Author Interview with Deni Ramirez-Macias

Whale shark journeys and habitats off the Gulf of California – Author Interview with Deni Ramirez-Macias

by Alun Jones | May 11, 2017 | Interviews

Whale sharks are a majestic and endangered species on the IUCN red list whose numbers have been heavily impacted by human activity. As with many other oceanic species, there is very little known about their life history. Last week PeerJ published “Oceanic...
Student evaluations are biased against professors teaching quantitative courses – Author interview with Bob Uttl

Student evaluations are biased against professors teaching quantitative courses – Author interview with Bob Uttl

by Alun Jones | May 9, 2017 | Interviews

Today we published “Student evaluations of teaching: Teaching quantitative courses can be hazardous to one’s career”  by Bob Uttl and Dylan Smibert. This study used 14,872 publicly posted class evaluations with input from over 325,000 students to...
New study estimates monarch butterfly densities for conservation efforts – Author interview with Wayne Thogmartin

New study estimates monarch butterfly densities for conservation efforts – Author interview with Wayne Thogmartin

by Alun Jones | May 4, 2017 | Interviews

Last week, PeerJ published “Density estimates of monarch butterflies overwintering in central Mexico”.   This beautiful and iconic species (Danaus plexippus L.) is often featured in natural history documentaries as they have a fascinating migratory life...
Marching for Science and the merits of putting a human face on our scientific efforts.

Marching for Science and the merits of putting a human face on our scientific efforts.

by Alun Jones | May 1, 2017 | Community

Last week, the global March for Science mobilized thousands of scientists and science-supporters around the world and received widespread media coverage. But what will be the lasting legacy of this action? PeerJ intern Alun Jones shares his experience attending the...
Digitally mapping Australia’s coastal dinosaur tracks  – Author interview with Anthony Romilio

Digitally mapping Australia’s coastal dinosaur tracks – Author interview with Anthony Romilio

by Alun Jones | Apr 4, 2017 | Interviews

Last month we published “A multidisciplinary approach to digital mapping of dinosaurian tracksites in the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Barremian) Broom Sandstone of the Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia” by Anthony Romilio, Jorg M. Hacker, Robert Zlot,...
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