Science influences all aspects of our society, environment and economy, so engaging with the public is vital. My work is often picked up by media.
Communicating my science to non-academics also has a load of benefits for me; it’s good fun, helps me structure my thoughts and communications in a clear and open way, and can throw up interesting new ideas.
Flapping wings create motion illusion effects that scramble a predator's aim - published in Nature
Tiger stripes evolve under sunshine and tall grass
BehaveAI: video analysis tool enables rapid detection and classification of objects and behavior from motion
Exposure to low levels of artificial light at night cause severe reductions in moth activity across 23 species, even at sky-glow intensities and across all spectra tested.
Chameleons really can change colour to match their backgrounds, but not quite the way you might think
Butterflies that look alike, see alike: Research links rainforest light to butterfly vision evolution
Cuttlefish use a dynamic skin display to sneak up on their prey without detection
Cool white vehicle headlights cause far more harmful behavioural responses in moths
Subtle 3D geometry protects lapwing nests from fox predation
FT Rethink - can society turn down damaging levels of light pollution?
Diffuse artificial light interferes with the backgroud colour-matching behaviour of a marine isopod
Our new colour appearance model - built on efficient coding of natural scenes - explains a huge range of lightness and chromatic illusions
Rapid camouflage evolution toolbox
Artificial night-time light has changed dramatically over the past few decades, resulting in complex and…
Our latest research published in Current Biology (here) shows how guppies draw attention by turning…
See our paper here (open access). Male birds-of-paradise are justly world famous for their wildly…
We wanted to know why many animals are dichromats (having two types of colour receptor…
Play our new online game and help our research! Green shore crabs are one of…
Estimating how visible something is against its background is essential in many studies of animal…
I’ve just released a new online game: Click here to play The data generated from…
Kittlitz’s plovers cover their nests with materials to help hide them from predators. In our…
We worked together with the Natural History Museum to create two displays in their excellent…
Our new study shows that nesting birds time their escape from an approaching predator depending…
We have just published a new ground-breaking study confirming the long held assumption that camouflage…
Our new paper is out today in Biology Letters. It shows an extraordinary glimpse into…
Our image analysis toolbox is out! We’ve developed these tools to make it easier for…
A simple tool for calculating egg shape, volume and surface area from digital images
This video shows a Kittlitz’s Plover covering up the eggs on it’s nest when it…