Evolution is thoughtless, lazy and imperfect - and that is exactly why it works!
Evolution is thoughtless, lazy and imperfect - and that is exactly why it works!
Animal portfolio
In my animal portfolio I can show you all the animals that I have already worked with as a biologist! I will regularly publish stories about them. How do they live? What makes them special? And what is my experience with the species?
Newts
For my current research at the University of Leiden and at Naturalis I am working on unraveling a major 'error' embedded in the DNA of certain newts. A true challenge!
Pygmy hogs
My favorite pig is very rare and also critically endangered in the wild. I was able to conduct research on the entire DNA code, also called the 'genome', of this amazing animal species: the pygmy hog.
Sea turtles
Sea turtles suffer from global warming. Why? Because sex determination in sea turtles depends on the temperature of the environment! I researched eggs and baby sea turtles in the beautiful Costa Rica.
Mangabeys
Monkeys and apes are divided into all sorts of groups. Together with zoos I studied the demographic information of two mangabey species, which belong to the ‘Old World Monkeys'.