by admin | May 22, 2024
The idea to use genomic analysis came from Professor Timothy Bonebrake of HKU’s School of Biological Sciences, and Professor Thomas Smith of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). While working together studying climate change responses of butterflies in...
by admin | May 18, 2023
The findings have thrown up something of an environmental irony. “Global forests have been gradually shifting to a younger age structure owing to major reasons like deforestation, natural regeneration and human reforestation. As a result, younger trees are playing an...
by admin | May 18, 2023
On a daily basis, we tend not to pay these tiny creatures much heed but ants play a vital role across ecosystems and regions, and the Insect Biodiversity and Biogeography Laboratory (IBBL) within the School of Biological Sciences recently initiated a global census to...
by admin | May 15, 2023
Located on a rocky peninsula on the southside of Hong Kong, on the shores of Hong Kong’s only Marine Reserve, the Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) is one of the premiere coastal research centres in Asia. Recent expansion work has included state-of-the-art...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022
Tokay geckos are an eye-catching reptile – large and colourful, and said to possess therapeutic benefits in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). These qualities have made them high in demand both as pets and especially as an ingredient in TCM. But despite their...
