As one of the Senior Correspondent of the blog Southern Fried Science (currently the #1 marine science blog internationally) I've written a large selection of articles, which I've archived here:

• Everything you need to know about conservation you can learn from Alien(s)
• Beware the ghost ! The problem of conference ghosting
• The State of the Environment Address
• Desert island discs – the marine conservation edition
• The sorting hat of conservation
• ​The Game of Thrones – is this real life, or is this just fantasy…?
• The impact of the March for Science
• The call of the Chthulucene ?
• Why do wizards go adventuring ? Or …. you thought that your tenure requirements were tough?!
• R1 research universities – is a biased, flawed ranking system crippling academia?
• Sifting the fact from the false in an internet full of fake ‘news’
• Columbus doesn’t deserve a day ! (We should be giving credit to Cabot anyway)
• Let’s make America think again …
• Death by Renaissance Faire
• Scientific literature needs discipline – an example from a killer whale life expectancy study
• Book review: the marine mammal observer’s handbook
• Everything you need to know about working in conservation you can learn from Game of Thrones
• Life in the Ithilien ranger service
• How to NOT get ahead in advertising – what many conservation NGOs are doing wrong 
• The difference between animal welfare and animal rights 
• Please do not hug the dangerous wildlife …! 
• Huge win for orca advocates as #SeaWorld announces an end to circus-style shows, orca breeding and pledges more conservation
• Call for Abstracts: First Symposium on Extra-Terrestrial Marine Conservation
• Ramblings of an old codger academic #146: What the graduating student has to look forward to.
• The power of coffee … a comfy sofa and a bit of a chinwag
• Scientific Stockholm Syndrome
• The Yellow Admirals of Academia
• In the future all scientific research will be funded by Taco Bell …Got grants?
• New small grants for marine conservation launched by SCB Marine
• In an Adventure …. with Scientists ! (…or why does America hate science so much?)
• Unhappy feet – why we need more than a day of penguin awareness 
• Ocean Optimism and Aliens 
• Hail hydra ! Taking a super villain approach to conservation #scicomm 
• Wailing about whaling – the 2014 International Whaling Commission meeting 
• Why we need ACTIVISTS not WHACKTIVISTS ! 
• So what might Scottish independence mean for marine conservation ? 
• The Dark Side of Academia 
• Blackfish: the Science Behind the Movie 
• Sifting the fact from the false in an internet full of fake ‘news’ 
• Let’s make America think again …
• Why scientists sometimes need to be a bit more Sith and a bit less Jedi 
• When conservation scientists talk the talk but don’t walk the walk 
• Time to release the Kraken ! Addressing controversial questions in marine conservation
• Trying to debunk the aquatic ape hypothesis… or not. Or the day I tried to defend David Attenborough. 
• Don’t diss the dolphins
• I bet James Bond never had to put up with this … why are there so many “experts” on biological issues?
• The decline and fall of the literature review
• Why #DoctorWho needs a science advisor!
• No you’re not paranoid – there is a bias against publishing marine conservation papers
• Marine Conservation, Inspiration and a Great Big Geek

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Advice articles for graduate students

• The place where dissertations go to die …
• Distracted by abstracts: Tips for writing a good abstract for a scientific conference
• Title is the new abstract
• So you’ve been asked to review a manuscript? – Tips for the novice reviewer
• Graduate minions vs masterminds
• A poster to remember
• This is the worst academic presentation in the world … tribute
• To co-author or not to co-author?
• The dangers of excessive self-citation
• Mr Darcy’s Guide to Conference Etiquette – Part 2
• Mr Darcy’s Guide to Conference Etiquette – Part 1

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