Part II Zoology student and field course participant, Libby Daley (Pembroke) , writes... This year, the Zoology department launched its first long-awaited tropical field course to the sleepy, canalside town of Gamboa, Panama. Set against a backdrop of passing cargo ships and lush tropical forest, the Smithsonian Institute’...

Breeder meerkats age faster, but their subordinates still die younger Despite rapidly ageing, dominant animals live longer because their underlings are driven out of the group – becoming easy targets for predators. The secret of a long meerkat life is to be “ruler of your community… cracking down on would-be rivals,” say...

Chris Jiggins and colleagues from Colombian Universities are urging Colombian policymakers and international conservationists to come together to find ways of saving the Andes-Amazon 'biodiversity bridge', currently threatened by massive deforestation, while at the same time helping local communities to develop after years...

We are delighted to “welcome” Dr Rahia Mashoodh to the Department as a BBSRC Future Leader Fellow. Rahia has actually been in the department as a CIHR Research Fellow for 1.5 years and has already made a considerable impact on the department. We were very pleased when she won this prestigious fellowship earlier this year...