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Dr Greg Jefferis, Prof Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Marta Zlatić elected Fellows of the Royal Society

20 May 2025

Today we congratulate three members of our department, Dr Gregory Jefferis , Prof Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Marta Zlatić on being elected Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. Fellowship of the Society is a significant honour. Fellows are elected for life, based on excellence in science...

Detail from a figure illustrating the paper Careful design of Large Language Model pipelines enables expert-level retrieval of evidence-based information from syntheses and databases

So much evidence, so little time: Could AI speed up decision-making in conservation?

16 May 2025

Making the right decisions to protect species and habitats is crucial, but it's tough when scientific knowledge on conservation actions is scattered across thousands of studies. Even though resources like the Conservation Evidence database , contain searchable summaries of conservation actions and their outputs, finding...

Third year student, Jia Rong Poon and naked clams in a piece of wood

World’s first comprehensive inventory of naked clam growth rates reveals game changing aquaculture opportunity.

16 May 2025

The first robust global dataset on naked clam biology and growth has been assembled through painstaking research by a team based here in Cambridge. The paper, ‘ Naked clams: a comprehensive analysis of their global potential for commercial aquaculture ’ published today in the journal Reviews in Aquaculture, presents a...

A female digger wasp carries a green caterpillar to feed her young.

Mini-brains but maxi-memories: new research on wasps

15 May 2025

A new study, co-authored by Dr William Foster and colleagues at the University of Exeter, published in the journal Current Biology, shows that while female wasps might have ‘miniature brains’, they have excellent memories when it comes to feeding their young. The research, conducted on heathland in Surrey, shows that...

This image highlights the epigenetic modifications that mark human DNA replication start sites before their activation (left), how they are maintained during a DNA replication cycle (middle), and how they have been investigated (right).

Ready, steady, replicate: New insights into DNA replication in human cells

9 May 2025

Scientists have long searched for a clear "start here" signal for DNA replication in the human genome. Research published this week in the journal Nucleic Acids Research by Dr Torsten Krude and students here in the Department of Zoology, in collaboration with colleagues at The Francis Crick Institute , reports important...

Prof Bill Sutherland elected a member of the American Philosophical Society

8 May 2025

Congratulations to Prof William Sutherland , Director of Research and co-leader of the Conservation Science Group who has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society . The APS is the oldest learned society in North America, founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin to bring together creative thinkers in the...

Artificial intelligence and nature conservation: can tech save the world?

8 May 2025

Amid the hype about AI’s potential to turbocharge human abilities, researchers here in Zoology and the Conservation Research Institute are leading conversations to make sure we advance with eyes wide open. Last year, Dr Sam Reynolds, a Research Associate in our Conservation Science Group joined 26 other conservation...

Professor Rob Fletcher -photo: Rob Fletcher

Professor Robert Fletcher elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

30 April 2025

We are delighted to share the news that Professor Robert Fletcher , who is co-leader of our Conservation Science Group , has been made a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America . ESA Fellows are elected for their exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions to their field. This year, the ESA Governing Board...

Dr Rosie Trevelyan MBE wins Frankfurt Conservation Award 2025

25 April 2025

Dr Rosie Trevelyan MBE, Director of the Cambridge office of the Tropical Biology Association (TBA) at the CCI, has won the Frankfurt Conservation Award (Bruno H. Schubert Prize) 2025 for outstanding achievements in teaching related to nature and environmental protection. The award citation recognises her dedicated teaching...

A flock of sandhill cranes taking flight photo: Canva

A well-connected earth: the science and conservation of organismal movement

23 April 2025

Over 194 million birds and 57 million mammals are killed annually on European roads and up to 1 billion birds die every year from building collisions in the United States. a_well_connected_earth.png Connectivity, the free movement of organisms of all kinds, from amoebas and algae to waxworms and wildebeest, across...

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Dr Greg Jefferis, Prof Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Marta Zlatić elected Fellows of the Royal Society

So much evidence, so little time: Could AI speed up decision-making in conservation?

World’s first comprehensive inventory of naked clam growth rates reveals game changing aquaculture opportunity.

Mini-brains but maxi-memories: new research on wasps

Ready, steady, replicate: New insights into DNA replication in human cells

Prof Bill Sutherland elected a member of the American Philosophical Society

Artificial intelligence and nature conservation: can tech save the world?

Professor Robert Fletcher elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

Dr Rosie Trevelyan MBE wins Frankfurt Conservation Award 2025

A well-connected earth: the science and conservation of organismal movement

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