Picture the scene.  It’s one very cold January 2024.  You are a spry young 2 nd year student, not yet wizened by the trails of the Honours-years workload.  Perhaps you are looking for something a little unique to do with your time at university, or heaven forbid, become employable. “Hey, what’s this “Biodiversity Literacy” VIP module thing, that sounds good-”. You had no idea what you were letting yourself in for, huh.   Why, hello there and welcome! To be clear, I’m not bei

What do you think of when you think of wasps? Picnic crashers or eco saviours? If its picnic crashers then you’ve fallen trap to one of nature’s nastiest PR campaigns. Allow me to set the record straight. The media perpetuates wasps as public enemy number one, and if you’ve ever been outside at a picnic, it can feel that way too! Pesky little things swarming your food like a sibling owed their share. The media perpetuates this misinformation like flies to manure, and there’s