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...

The previously hidden diversity of shrews has been revealed in research by recent Zoology MPhil graduate, Haobo Yuan and Dr Robert Asher , published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Entitled ‘ The Origin and Evolution of Shrews ’, the paper describes this investigation of shrews’ anatomy, palaeontology, and...

A new study published in the journal Bioscience on the global ornamental plant trade describes how insects, fungi, reptiles, spiders and agricultural pests are being transported live and undetected across the world on cut flowers and inside pot plants. Despite regulations and border checks, the sheer volume of trade makes...

Congratulations to Professor Rebecca Kilner, our Head of Department, winner of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) Medal 2024, for her contribution to the science of animal behaviour. Professor Kilner was delighted to receive the award. She said, ‘I’m bowled over by this huge honour but it’s important...