Phil Bishop, a zoologist and global champion for amphibian conservation, died on January 23 after a brief illness. He was 63 years old.
Throughout his career, Bishop was passionate about discovering threats to amphibians around the globe. He published more than 100 papers, with his research ranging from the social significance of a chorus of frog mating calls, to disease, to fragmented habitats.
“His work for amphibians does not end,” the Amphibian Survival Alliance, where Bishop served as chief science officer, said in a statement after his passing. “The flame of his life and passion has not been extinguished but will continue to shine brighter in everything we do from this day forward.”
Nadia Chaudhri, a neuroscientist who investigated the underlying mechanisms of addiction and relapse, died on October 5 of ovarian cancer. She was 43.
Chaudhri investigated the processes behind drug and alcohol addiction from molecular, neural, and psychological ...
