02.21.2014 - By
Meerkats may
look cute and cuddly, but this month, Kirsty MacLeod from Cambridge University
tells me that for some, life isn’t as picture perfect as it seems. I find out
about the US Department of Agriculture’s latest research on the quest for safer
skies. And, in the Scientific Spark I ask James Russell, a conservation
biologist from the University of Aukland in New Zealand, what inspired him to research invasive
species biology, and what the hardest tasks are in trying to save New
Zealand’s endangered species.
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Photo by Flickr user Jon Pinder
Quicklinks:
Kirsty MacLeod's webpage
Turkey Vulture paper in Plos One
Travis DeVault's webpage
James Russell's webpage