Videos tagged with "lifesciences"
Comparative Transcriptomics to Investigate Endothermy in Sharks - Biodiversity Informatics and Genomics MRes
Emily Humble introduces her MRes project where she is using next-generation sequencing techniques to perform a transcriptome comparison between different species of shark to investigate the molecular basis for endothermy.
Restoration of Mangrove Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - Biodiversity Informatics and Genomics MRes
Dominic Andradi-Brown introduces his MRes project investigating tropical mangrove forest restoration effectiveness, the methods and skills he has learnt while conducting it and the importance of mangrove restoration.
Baboons rest and groom each other during the heat of the day
Video taken at the Tsaobis Baboon Project in Namibia. New research from ZSL and Imperial scientists shows baboons choose who to eat with depending on their position in the pecking order. (This video has no commentary)
Extinction debt in Amazon rainforest disguises pending biodiversity disaster
Dr Dan Reuman explains how a discrepancy between extinction rates and reality is disguising a catastrophic decline in biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil
On the origin of music by means of natural selection
Scientists from Imperial College London have devised a way of producing music from noises without a composer. Dr Bob MacCallum explains the evolution of musical loops created by http://darwintunes.org