Jolyon's Website – I'm a scientist, photographer and builder of things

May 23

Nightjar Gallery

Here is a selection of my nightjar photos, all taken near Choma in Zambia during…

April 13

We wanted to know why many animals are dichromats (having two types of colour receptor…

January 17

Play our new online game and help our research! Green shore crabs are one of…

January 7

Estimating how visible something is against its background is essential in many studies of animal…

November 3

I’ve just released a new online game: Click here to play The data generated from…

October 13

Burying beetles sniff out small animals that have just died and use the carcass as…

October 13

The red pelargoniums in our garden have such perfect and saturated red petals that I…

October 3

Kittlitz’s plovers cover their nests with materials to help hide them from predators. In our…

August 15

We worked together with the Natural History Museum to create two displays in their excellent…

July 13

Traditional wedding rings are not my thing; to me the shiny heavy metals are somewhat…