Hamish Spencer @hamishgspencer
evolutionary biologist, science communicator Yeni Zelanda Joined November 2014-
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Congratulations to @Jemma_Geoghegan for winning the Prime Minister's Science Communicator Prize! Great science, brilliantly communicated. see otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/… @otago @Zoology_Otago @GeneticsOtago @GenomicsNZ
I have published a book with @OUPAcademic on historical approaches to research in #ecology and #evolution. @GeneticsOtago @Zoology_Otago @otago See global.oup.com/academic/produ…
Biology should not dispense with sexes: Current Biology cell.com/current-biolog… @otago @Zoology_Otago @GeneticsOtago #sex #male #female #evolution #anisogamy
These #Iguanas Got Carried Away and Ended Up 5,000 Miles From Home nytimes.com/2025/03/17/sci… #Fiji #dispersal #rafting #evolution @Zoology_Otago @otago @GeneticsOtago
Only the land divides them | Otago Daily Times Online News odt.co.nz/lifestyle/maga… #galaxias #earthquake #otago #Nevis #fish #evolution @Zoology_Otago @GeneticsOtago @otago
Improving our narratives invoking long-distance #dispersal dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.70… #Southern_Ocean #long_distance_dispersal #biogeography @MilenioBASE @Zoology_Otago @GeneticsOtago @MarineOtago @otago
The Manawatāwhi pāua has made @JMulliganRNZ Critter of the Week and an amazing 5/5 critter score rnz.co.nz/national/progr… @Zoology_Otago @otago @Te_Papa @hamishgspencer
Ancient DNA confirms new species of pāua | Otago Daily Times Online News odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/c…
To coincide with the new #pāua (#abalone) species from #NewZealand, the Manawatāwhi pāua Haliotis pirimoana (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10……), we have released this fact sheet @otago @hamishgspencer @smcnz
‘The #pāua that clings to the sea’: a new #species of #abalone found only in waters off a remote NZ island chain theconversation.com/the-paua-that-… via @ConversationEDU @Zoology_Otago @royalsocietynz @GeneticsOtago @otago @KuriNgati @AbbyOtago @MarineOtago
What do biologists mean by #sex? They should look to #evolution. @GeneticsOtago @Zoology_Otago @otago nature.com/articles/d4158…
Episode 75: #Gynandomorphism in birds with Dr. Hamish Spencer birdpodcast.com/2024/03/21/epi… @Zoology_Otago @otago
Sediment runoff from the land is killing NZ’s seas – it’s time to take action theconversation.com/sediment-runof…
Half-male, half-female #bird bilateral #gynandromorphy in a Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) from #Colombia journal.afonet.org/vol94/iss4/art… Video @ figshare.com/articles/media…
Another column about Aotearoa's biological taonga, this time kanakana (lampreys) @Zoology_Otago @otago @laninsky But who is Louella? odt.co.nz/lifestyle/maga…
Being cute and cuddly gives some endangered species an advantage. Read the take of @SophieFern on Aotearoa's vanishing species. @Zoology_Otago @otago rnz.co.nz/news/national/…
Congratulations to my recent MSc student, @KatherineLockt1, for winning the 2021 Molluscan Research Achievement Award for the best paper published in Moll. Res. by an early career researcher or amateur. @Zoology_Otago @otago tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
More from my collaboration with Chilean scientists: the neglected southern marine periwinkle Complete distribution of the genus Laevilitorina (Littorinimorpha, Littorinidae) in the Southern Hemisphere: remarks and natural history doi.org/10.3897/zookey… via @ZooKeys_Journal
Congratulations to all new @otago Distinguished Professors! @MatisooSmith odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/c…
Historian Diane Paul and I give our perspective on Dick Lewontin (1929–2021) (Open access) journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

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