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For many who work in his lab, Robert Crabtree is the quintessential mentor

By Guest PostSeptember 7, 2013Education19th century, british literature, cnrs, England, everybody happy, joseph chatt, malcolm green, oana luca, oxford university, professor, robert crabtree, scientific knowledge, ulrich hintermair, university of sussex, yale chemistry

Periodically, Yale chemistry professor Robert Crabtree strolls through his laboratory, sometimes whistling, and pauses to ask the students who work with him: “Everybody happy?”

According to Ulrich Hintermair, who conducted research in his lab as a postdoctoral fellow for the past two-and-a-half years, Crabtree’s concern with his research team’s wellbeing is just one of many qualities that distinguish him as a mentor at Yale. (more…)

Another Vertebrate Species Reported Extinct from the Hawaiian Islands

By Guest PostMarch 22, 2012Naturearchipelago, blue tailed skink, chris brown, cnrs, copper striped, cryptic extinction, emoia impar, extinction, hawaiian islands, ivan ineich, kauai, lizard, marcia mcnutt, maui, napali coast, oahu, oryx, Paris, robert fisher, skink, species, tropical, tropical pacific, united states, vertebrate species

HONOLULU – A species of lizard is now extinct from the Hawaiian Islands, making it the latest native vertebrate species to become extirpated from this tropical archipelago.

The copper striped blue-tailed skink (Emoia impar) — a sleek lizard with smooth, polished scales and a long, sky-blue tail — was last confirmed in the Na’Pali coast of Kauai in the 1960s. But repeated field surveys on Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawai’i islands from 1988 to 2008 have yielded no sightings or specimens. (more…)

Research Reveals How Butterflies Copy Their Neighbours to Fool Birds

By Guest PostAugust 13, 2011Natureamazonian species, bates and darwin, butterfly, chromosomal region, chromosome, cnrs, DNA, eaten by birds, evolutionary thinkers, heliconius numata, liverpool university, mathieu joron, melinaea, müllerian mimicry, muséum national d'histoire naturelle, neighbouring species, non mimetic patterns, Paris, patterns of warning colouration, peppered moth, rainforest, richard ffrench constant, supergene, university of exeter, wallace, wing colour patterns, wing patterns

The mystery of how a butterfly has changed its wing patterns to mimic neighbouring species and avoid being eaten by birds has been solved by a team of scientists.

The study is published in the journal Nature. (more…)

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For many who work in his lab, Robert Crabtree is the quintessential mentor

Another Vertebrate Species Reported Extinct from the Hawaiian Islands

Research Reveals How Butterflies Copy Their Neighbours to Fool Birds