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Wild Science Blog

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Wild Science Blog

Wild Science Blog

Interested in my work as a biologist, in my scientific achievements, or in my media appearances? Specially for you I keep track of the latest news items of Wild DNA in this wild science blog!

By Manon February 9, 2025
Dutch radio: live to discuss the great 'salamander migration'!
By Manon January 1, 2025
Flemish media surprise concludes 2024!
By Manon October 21, 2024
NPO Radio 2 interview: animals with 'sperm packages', extraterrestrial sounds, and sleeping nests
By Manon October 16, 2024
Interview Volkskrant: 'Star Trek' frogs with 'alien-like' whistle sounds
By Manon October 9, 2024
Borneo adventures: conference and travellig!
By Manon October 1, 2024
KIJK magazine interview: this fish 'walks' and 'tastes' with feet-like structures
By Manon July 18, 2024
NOS interview: pretty reef fish overshadow threatened misfit fish
By Manon June 28, 2024
On the Dutch, national news channel for kids I stood up for slithery animals!
By Manon June 13, 2024
Less biology in science and education? Not if it is up to Wild DNA...
By Manon April 17, 2024
Ambassadress' message: "Biology is in my DNA - and in yours too"
By Manon April 8, 2024
KIJK magazine interview: why we eat chicken eggs and not house sparrow eggs
By Manon March 28, 2024
Already 'Face of Science' for one year, at KNAW
By Manon March 25, 2024
Wild beings celebrate a golf ball sized blueberry
By Manon March 21, 2024
What is taxidermy?
By Manon March 11, 2024
(Engelse versie blog, voor de Nederlandse versie + bronnen klik je hier )
By Manon February 19, 2024
We owe a lot to retroviruses, apparently - Interview in KIJK Magazine
By Manon January 22, 2024
Visiting the customs DNA lab in Amsterdam
By Manon January 9, 2024
Job promotion! From PhD to postdoc
By Manon December 22, 2023
Silly, but: what came first, the chicken or the egg?
By duda-wsm November 23, 2023
"Gross, Genetics!" NEMO Science Night 2023
By Manon November 9, 2023
I appeared in Kijk Magazine: what to think of this hybrid 'dog-fox'?
By Manon November 6, 2023
Biodiversity Conference - register now for our panel session!
By Manon October 3, 2023
Exotic Alpine newts and green frogs in 'Scales & Slime'
By Manon September 28, 2023
Officially an 'ANWB' couple!
By Manon September 20, 2023
Eating froglegs? Some things you should know
By Manon September 15, 2023
Cannibalism is not at all that strange in the animal kingdom
By Manon September 8, 2023
Banded newts! DNA talk 8 online
By Manon September 4, 2023
On Dutch radio to talk about my PhD project!
By Manon August 2, 2023
We are surrounded by massively 'dumped', exotic Alpine newts
By Manon July 13, 2023
Seasnakes regained their color vision - which is both surprising and expected!
By Manon June 28, 2023
(Engelse versie blog, voor de Nederlandse versie klik je hier )
By Manon April 25, 2023
(Engelse versie blog, voor de Nederlandse versie klik je hier )
By Manon April 24, 2023
(Engelse versie blog, voor de Nederlandse versie klik je hier )
By Manon April 16, 2023
On Dutch radio during our search for amphibians
By Manon March 27, 2023
Save the toads! Interview regarding the annual toad migration
By Manon March 24, 2023
Bioniews article about the evolution of color in amphibians
By Manon March 9, 2023
Selected as 'Face of Science' 2023!!!
By Manon March 4, 2023
"Fitting in is overrated" NRC interview about my life as biologist, entrepreneur, ánd actress
By Manon February 2, 2023
On Dutch radio I talked about dodo-, dinosaur-, mammoth - & salamander DNA!
By Manon January 28, 2023
Caecilians are no longer misfits!
By Manon January 20, 2023
DNA of modern chickens threatens the wild, red junglefowl
By Manon December 8, 2022
Smooth newts hibernate in a coot's nest!
By Manon December 1, 2022
Aliens in the Dutch dunes!? 👽 Exotic amphibians discovered
By Manon November 16, 2022
Book related news part 2
By Manon November 14, 2022
Book related news part 1
By Manon October 26, 2022
99 men versus 100 women: the biology of the sex ratio in NL! Podcast NPO Radio 1
By Manon October 6, 2022
What are hybrids? DNA talk 6 online!
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