from antelope leks to birds using fireflies in nests, Dr Hemal Naik shares his incredible work using drones and and machine learning to observe animals in the wild. Not only is his work amazing but the stories he's been told on his trips to the field are truly incredible. So if you want to immerse yourself in some into the wonderful world of biology this episode is for you.

Hemal (correction) : Firefly incident not verified with a scientific publication, it is a popular thought

With the age old question of why zebras have stripes this epsiode takes a gander at visual ecology. Dr Will Allen is well versed in everything vision from conspicuous infant primate colours to the startling aposematism in many species. From his experience in Bristol working with people from a range of disciplines like art and engineering to recently working on an international project where the exact same experiment happens across the globe! this is an episode you don't want to miss out on.

This is the last mini episode concluding the baffling biology trip to Liverpool!

So what is ASAB? well thats what Joah the meeting secretary for the society can help explain. But first we talk about his work looking at pheasants. With 30 million of them being released into the wild each year I think its safe to say understanding these birds could be invaluable. And it turns out they can solve mazes too.

sorry about the background noise in this episode with there not being many places you can record at a conference so coffee shop it is!