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...

Professor Rhys Green , Emeritus Honorary Professor of Conservation Science here at the Dept of Zoology, is the lead author of two reports, published 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 alternatives by 2025...

A new study published in Royal Society Open Science reveals the significant potential of leveraging existing systematic evidence databases to mitigate hazards in the global food system. The research was led by Dr David Willer and Dr Silviu O Petrovan, who are based here at the Department of Zoology, with a team from the...

A paper published today in the journal Science, co-authored by Prof Andrew Balmford and other members of the Dept of Zoology’s Conservation Science Group, calls on the global community to recognise that rewilding productive farmland or forestry in industrialised nations may do more harm than good on a planetary scale...