In this new post Carlos Matallana-Puerto, PhD candidate at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil), presents his work ‘Sex, flies, and flower trap: trapping trichomes and their function in pollination’. He talks about the importance of overlooked traits, shares some tricks for using cotton in research, and encourages young ecologists to move abroad to pursue their research path.   A Spanish translation of this blog post is … Continue reading Carlos Matallana-Puerto: Slippery hairs influence the reproductive success of trap flowers!