Wat een dag. Het is 22 maart 2016. Ik zou normaal een presentatie geven voor de leden van de Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese...
In the field: Panama, pt. 2
This is my before-last day in Panama. It was the second time I was here for collecting purposes, and I had yet another blast. When I came...
De jacht op vleermuizen en hyperparasitaire schimmels
Vandaag is het zover: na maandenlange voorbereidingen om bij Dr. Rachel Page‘s collectievergunning toegevoegd te worden is het...
Fungal hunters on Peddocks Island
Last week I was out on Peddocks Island, one of the 34 islands that form the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation area (BHI). Over...
A case of hyperparasitism on a Canadian woodpecker
A few weeks ago I was cc’d on an email of Meredith Blackwell from Louisiana State University. She had received an inquiry about an...
In the field: bats in Panama
Tonight is the night – I waited a long time but tonight we will finally go out and collect some bats! Phyllostomid bats, to be...
Exserohilum rostratum, the killing fungus
There are hundreds of topics I could write about. The hardest part about writing is choosing a suitable topic and sticking with it until...
Has evolutionary history led us to today’s rapes?
My mother always said that the world has come to its end. In a way, she was right. Not literally, of course. The earth will not stop...
Wetenschap met de natte vinger
Wetenschap boekt slechts vooruitgang door het formuleren van hypothesen. Deze kunnen juist of fout zijn. Nader onderzoek – door...
