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Mosquitoes forever

Most of us have suffered the intense irritation of a mosquito. Is it more than their incessant buzzing and painful, itchy bites? Although this is a relatively recent concern for people in North America, mosquito-borne diseases cause millions of deaths around the world each year. However, when I was hiking at Elk Island National Park … Continue reading

Contributions to the world

A while ago I asked some of my colleagues what they thought the greatest discoveries in biology were. The answers didn’t vary much. DNA and inheritance, the field of microbiology, natural selection as the mechanism of evolution were all cited by multiple people. All the people I asked though have one thing in common – … Continue reading

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