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News: May 2018

New PhD opportunity available to UK/EU Nationals in the MEFGL, Bangor: Defining Management Units in Commercial Fish Species

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Publication date: 30 May 2018

Some lizards have green blood that should kill them – and scientists can't work out why

If you were to see certain New Guinea skinks lose their tails, you’d notice that their blood isn’t the usual red colour we’re used to but rather a virulent shade of green. What’s even more bizarre is that the substance that’s responsible for the green colour of the lizards’ blood (and bones, tongues, muscles and mucous membranes) would be toxic in other animals if they carried it in such large amounts. Exactly why these skinks are filled with this toxic substance and why it doesn’t kill them is something of a mystery. But new research published in Science Advances makes an important step towards answering these questions. This article by Dr Anita Malhotra , Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, School of Biological Sciences , Bangor University was originally published on The Conversation . Read the original article

Publication date: 17 May 2018

Will's animation wins NERC Envision DTP competition

Publication date: 14 May 2018

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