Monday, 10 August 2015

June 2015: Lucy Nash from OUP, Dottybacks change colour to hide from prey, and moths that slow their brains down

In this episode I discover that some species of coral reef fish change colour, and they do this to grab a sneaky meal! I also find out how moths find flowers in the dark. And in the scientific spark I talk to Lucy Nash, who is commissioning editor for science at Oxford University Press.

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Copyright © N Justin Marshall/Courtesy of University of Basel

Quicklinks:
Will Feeney's webpage

Fabio Cortesi's webpage

The dottyback paper in Current Biology

Hovering hawkmoth paper in science