Natural World

Natural World

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- Dr Michel Dugon   michel.dugon@universityofgalway.ie 

Venomous animals, such as spiders, scorpions, snakes, centipedes, venomous bites or stings and associated symptoms and bugs with impact on human health. Dr Dugon has written for The Conversation

- Professor Colin Lawton   colin.lawton@universityofgalway.ie 

Mammal ecology (including Irish and non-Irish species), squirrels, conservation biology and management, biodiversity, invasive species, citizen science

- Professor Grace McCormack   grace.mccormack@universityofgalway.ie 

Native Irish honeybee (including impact of imports, adaptation to our unique climate and environments), evolutionary biology and taxonomy, using DNA to explore relationships between organisms

- Dr John Murray   john.murray@universityofgalway.ie 

Evolution of life on Earth, fossils and palaeontology, mass extinctions, human evolution, limestone, karst and caves in Ireland, and use of media in education and learning