It's results time!
Hello everybody! It's been a long time coming but I'm finally happy to share our results with you. First of all I must apologise, I was hoping to share the results with you sooner but unfortunately...
Results coming soon!
It's been a little while since we've posted any updates on the project and that's mainly because we've had a couple of exciting developments, that we are still trying to make sense of. We hope to a...
A toadal success
It has been an exhilarating couple of months in terms of our midwife toad project. First of all we had a brilliant response from the local residents of Cambridge who were more than happy to help us...
The end of the survey season
Unfortunately it would seem that winter will soon be upon us as the first signs of autumn are here. The leaves have started to fall off of the trees and the nights have been becoming colder and dar...
We've reached our goal!
I have good news to share with everyone (although our backers have already been emailed), we have reached our target! I am so blown away by the response and support we have received from everyone. ...
Tracking midwife toads through time and space
One of the cool things we've been doing is taking photos of the dorsal surface of each of the midwife toads, this is because they each have a unique pattern. Using the software Wild-ID, we are able...
Not every field visit is a success
Unfortunately tonight when visiting the field to search for midwife toads we were disappointed to not find any. The unusual thing is that the high pitched call of the males couldn't be heard either...
An update from the field
The weather recently has been quite nice which has given us plenty of opportunities to survey for midwife toads, unfortunately however we had a number of consecutive surveys without finding one of ...
A quick update 7 days in
We can't believe the overwhelming support we've received so far from everyone! It's been a week since the project was launched and we've almost reached the 1/3 mark already! We'd like to take this ...