Valerie C Clark

Frogs are Leaping, Bugs are Dancing in Ireland’s Bogs

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Belfast, Northern Ireland–After two years of doctoral studies in Northern Ireland, I have been dismayed at the lack of lucky leprechauns on the island of Ireland. But wait! This summer finally revealed something far more interesting: An army of frogs-a-leaping in the peat bogs of central Ireland. With the help of local children, we found [...]

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Does your B.O. attract mosquitos?

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“These mosquitoes really love me! Why aren’t they biting you?” The reason why pests bother you, but not the person sitting next to you or vice versa probably comes down to a matter of scent. Years ago, chemical ecologists at Rothamsted Research developed pyrethroid insecticides from a natural lead compound, pyrethrum, which is produced by [...]

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Looking for new chemicals – Do not try this at home!

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Valerie Clark is on a mission to find unique chemicals in nature that can have life-saving potential for human beings. She needed to find a way to figure out which frogs and salamanders should go to the lab for analysis and which could be left in their natural environment. Valerie found a piece of equipment [...]

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