Name: Marc Baldwin

Birthplace: Shoreham, UK

Current Place of Residence: Hampshire, UK

General Interests & Hobbies: Pretty much anything to do with wildlife, photography, reading, movies, computers, web design, technical and generic writing, video editing, music, tae bo and going out for a couple of beers with mates.

Specific Interests: Pretty-much anything to do with animal taxonomy, evolution of fishes and mammals, elasmobranch natural history, fish metabolism, TMAO in deepsea fishes, the structure and function of fish immune tissues, crocodilian behaviour and biology, bat natural history, deer biology, fox behaviour and social structure.   More generically, my interests include: Marine biology, freshwater biology, vertebrate zoology; behavioural ecology; food web interactions; fish biology, ecology, behaviour, evolution and immunity (with special interest pertaining to elasmobranch fishes); mammalian and reptilian biology, ecology and behaviour; TMAO in elasmobranches and its variation according to habitat and life history; the use of magnetotaxis by bats, birds, turtles and sharks; the use of posturing to convey ‘mood’ by animals; hierarchical interactions in animals; maintenance and care of species in a captive environment (esp. maintenance of fish in aquaria); detection and response to electrical fields by elasmobranch fishes; and selachian phylogenetics.