Chloe Robinson
Are bats mainstream? You can (river) bank on it!
As mammals, we know bats need water in order to survive, but when you think about it, can you imagine how bats get their water intake?...
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Chloe Robinson
- Oct 31, 2020
- 2 min
Species Spotlight: Eastern small-footed Bat
Happy Halloween! To celebrate the run up to Halloween, we wanted to shine the moonlight on each of the eight bat species of Ontario. In...
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Chloe Robinson
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Species Spotlight: Tri-colored Bat
The tri-colored bat (formerly known as the eastern pipistrelle) has pale brown fur, weighs ~7 grams...
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Chloe Robinson
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Species Spotlight: Northern Myotis
The northern myotis (or northern long-eared bat) is similar in appearance to the little brown bat...
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Chloe Robinson
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
Species Spotlight: Eastern Red Bat
Eastern red bats are multicolored, with striking yellow-red-orange and yellow-greyish fur. They have small, rounded ears, a furred face and
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Chloe Robinson
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
Species Spotlight: Little Brown Bat
To celebrate the run up to Halloween, we want to shine the moonlight on each of the eight bat species of Ontario. In this series of blog...
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Chloe Robinson
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
Species Spotlight: Silver-Haired Bat
To celebrate the run up to Halloween, we want to shine the moonlight on each of the eight bat species of Ontario. In this series of blog...
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Chloe Robinson
- Sep 21, 2020
- 3 min
Species Spotlight: Hoary Bat
Hoary bats are one of the most striking bats in Canada, with a mix of yellow-toffee, grey, brown and white fur.
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Chloe Robinson
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
Species Spotlight: Big Brown Bat
Big brown bats are a medium-sized bat, with predominantly brown-gingery glossy fur on top with a lighter brown to grey underside.
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Chloe Robinson
- Aug 22, 2020
- 8 min
The Word on Authorship in Academia
From a young age, we grow up understanding that authors are people that essentially have conceived and written something, most often a...
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Chloe Robinson
- Jan 29, 2020
- 3 min
Chatter, Gab, Natter or Chew the Fat this Bell Let's Talk Day 2020
#BellLetsTalk Have you ever had one of those dreams where you are in complete distress, falling through the void of space, yet when you...
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Chloe Robinson
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
"But you always seem so happy": Leading a double life with high-functioning depression.
Think about the word ‘depression’. What does this word mean to you? What do you see when you think about depression? And importantly, how...
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Chloe Robinson
- Jan 1, 2019
- 5 min
Enduring Aunt Flow: The Taboo of Menstrual Pain
It’s 7am. You wake up with a pang of pain which you can only describe as mini Everest climbers hacking their way up the inside of your...
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Chloe Robinson
- Apr 25, 2018
- 3 min
DNA from blowholes: 'snot an easy task'
Yes, you read that correctly; the exhaled breath from a cetacean’s blowhole harbours a lung-full of DNA, both from the animal itself and...
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Chloe Robinson
- Apr 25, 2018
- 5 min
Imposter syndrome – the intellectual phoney in the room? Tackling fraudulent thoughts
We’ve all been there; that overwhelming feeling of dread that you are not quite good enough for the job role you are in, that your...
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Chloe Robinson
- Apr 25, 2018
- 6 min
Soft-minded or Suffering? The Wellbeing Taboo of PhD Students
‘It will all be worth it in the end’. If I had a pound for every time I have heard those nine words, then I could probably afford to...
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