LSM1303 Animal Behaviour Student Blog

The female of a parasitic mite known as Histiostoma murchiei displays an extreme example of Haplodiploidy . The female mite would lay a few unfertilized eggs with would then develop into males. When these Haploid males hatch, they 'will omit the hypopal Read More...

Images of mutated frogs have been stuck in my head for the longest time possible. I think I first came across them reading about pollution back in JC days. So while trawling the net for articles and images, I came across a more interesting article . There's Read More...

This question sprang out after I read about the heroic account of Moko the bottlenose dolphin( Tursiops truncatus) who saved two stranded pygmy sperm whales( Physeter macrocephalus) and led them safely back into the sea, from the TheAge.com News website. Read More...