Beating the Bounds is a local tradition dating back to medieval Britain and is a way of marking the boundary lines of the parish and common land. Today, boundary marker stones still surround areas of the Pevensey Levels, a site of Special Scientific Interest and historical importance in East Sussex. This practice-led research project asked…
Month: August 2023
Studying Reproductive Isolation in E. calamaris for Coral Reef Conservation
Sea urchins should not only be viewed as venomous terrors of the sea. These spikey seabed dwellers are critical to maintaining the health of coral reefs. Unfortunately dead long-spined sea urchins of the species Diadema antillarum are reported to be ‘rolling like tumbleweeds’ across the Caribbean sea floor in a catastrophic die-off of an unknown…