Professor Helen Skaer awarded BSDB Waddington medal
Congratulations to Professor Helen Skaer who has been awarded the prestigious British Society for Developmental Biology Waddington Medal . The Waddington Medal is the only national award in Developmental Biology. It honours outstanding research performance as well as services to the subject community. Professor Skaer said...
2025 Bumblebee Working Group (BBWG)
Congratulations to Sofia Dartnell, Nynke Blömer, Jacqui James, Dr. Sarah Scott, and Professor Lynn Dicks hosts of the 2025 Bumblebee Working Group (BBWG) meeting, held here in the Department of Zoology earlier this week. This biannual meeting brings British bumblebee researchers together to discuss their work and updates...
Creative writing as conservation: Zoology graduate Brogen Murphy’s first novel
Out this month, Zoology pt II graduate (2005) Brogen Murphy’s first novel, Wildlands published by Penguin Random House, is a survival story aimed at readers aged 10 and older. brogen_murphy_headshot.jpg The year is 2050, no humans are allowed in the Wildlands – a vast area in Britain where wolves, lynx and bison roam free...
Study shows 'conservation works if given the chance'
Ashley Simkins, a PhD candidate in this department is the lead author of a study reported in the journal PLOS Biology, that highlights both conservation successes and the need for urgent action. Other co-authors from the Dept of Zoology were Prof William Sutherland, Prof Lynn Dicks and Dr Silviu Petrovan. The research was...
Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls
A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation efforts are helping bring many species back from the brink of extinction.
Conservation efforts are bringing species back from the brink, even as overall biodiversity falls
A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation efforts are helping bring many species back from the brink of extinction.
Social media helps monitor our fast-changing natural world
Nile Stephenson a postgraduate student in the Deep-time Ecology Group here in Zoology is the lead author of a new study that shows social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to climate change. The “range” inhabited by many species is shifting, and this is mostly tracked by formal...
Toxic lead ammunition still in widespread use, despite hunters' pledge
Professor Rhys Green , Emeritus Honorary Professor of Conservation Science here at the Dept of Zoology, is the lead author of two reports, published this month in the journal Conservation Evidence , that conclude that a voluntary pledge made by UK shooting organisations in 2020 to replace lead shot with non-toxic...