Author Archives: Mark Leach
So what IS the point of wasps?
Mark Leach, the Society of Biology’s membership marketing manager, has been wondering what wasps are actually for. As the summer (and hopefully the drier weather) approaches, this heralds the time of the year when wasps, ants and the children next door threaten the peace and tranquillity of British alfresco dining. But what are wasps actually … Continue reading
The endless quest for knowledge!
Mark Leach, the Society of Biology’s membership marketing manager, writes on interesting facts. As part of our planning for this year’s Biology Week, one of our (not infrequent) office conversations recently focussed on interesting science facts and quiz questions. Did you know, for example, that giant lime green stick insects (Diapherodes gigantea), such as Alfreda … Continue reading
Vulture culture – the bald facts
Mark Leach, the Society of Biology’s membership marketing manager learns all about vultures. As is often the way of these things, (particularly when you work for the Society of Biology) a random office conversation got us talking about vultures. Always with an eye on my next project, Rebecca Nesbit pointed me towards the internet, with … Continue reading
The attack of the killer slugs!
Mark Leach is the membership marketing manager for the Society of Biology, as well as being amateur biologist in residence! Further to my initial amateur biologist blogs, as my turn on the blogging rota approached I asked my colleague Becky if she had any ideas on where I should focus my quest for knowledge. I … Continue reading
The Frog Blog!
By Mark Leach, Marketing Manager at the Society of Biology Following my recent ‘amateur biologist’, blog AJ Cann posed the question – ‘So what’s the difference between a frog and a toad?’ Working on the premise that my initial response of ‘don’t really know’ wouldn’t have provided the most informative of blogs, I revisited my … Continue reading
The damsel and the dragon
Mark Leach is the Marketing Manager at the Society of Biology Not being a biologist by trade means that my working day at the Society often provides opportunities for impromptu learning. As they say, ‘every day’s a school day’! A chance office conversation about the visit of a ‘weird blue dragonfly’ to my garden quickly … Continue reading