Cambridge’s global reputation in Biological Sciences recognised in REF 2021 The results from the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) have highlighted the global impact of Cambridge’s research in the field of Biological Sciences. 96% of Cambridge’s overall submissions within the Biological Sciences Unit of Assessment...

Opabinia, Anomalocaris and other ‘weird wonders’ of the Burgess Shale, remain iconic in popular culture and continue to offer insights into the early evolution of animals. During the 1970-80s Researchers at Cambridge University led transformational work that recognised that these superficially strange animals were actually...

In a new paper Berthold Hedwig and Adam Bent analysed a new aspect of auditory orientation in crickets. When the amplitude modulation of species-specific acoustic signals is distorted in the transmission channel, signals become difficult to recognise by the receiver. Tolerant auditory pattern recognition systems, which...

The pattern of evolutionary relationships among species is crucial for understanding the diversity of life. Which species share evolutionary descent from a recent common ancestor, and which share one that is more remote? Figuring out this pattern for living species benefits from the presence of many kinds of information...