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Read more at: Nick Crumpton co-authors children's book

Nick Crumpton co-authors children's book

29 July 2013

A new children's activity book co-authored by the Department's Nick Crumpton has been published by Flying Eye books.


Read more at: Cuckoo named after Professor Nick Davies

Cuckoo named after Professor Nick Davies

12 July 2013

Professor Nick Davies has had a cuckoo named after him as part of the British Trust for Ornithology's cuckoo tracking project.


Read more at: Optimal foraging in C.elegans

Optimal foraging in C.elegans

4 July 2013

Dr Birgitta Olofsson and colleagues have published a paper looking at neuronal and molecular substrates for optimal foraging in Caenorhabditis elegans.


Read more at: Part II Zoology Open Day

Part II Zoology Open Day

4 July 2013

2nd Year Natural Science, Medic and Vet Students are invited to come along to the Museum of Zoology on Monday 12th March to talk to course and module organisers about taking their Part II year in the Zoology Department.


Read more at: Demise of large animals such as woolly mammoth and giant sloths caused by both man and climate change

Demise of large animals such as woolly mammoth and giant sloths caused by both man and climate change

4 July 2013

Past waves of extinctions, which removed some of the world's largest animals, were caused by both people and climate change, according to new research from the members of the Department.


Read more at: Poster Competition Successes 2012

Poster Competition Successes 2012

4 July 2013

The Graduate School of Life Sciences Poster and Images competition Image Competition: Second prize to Paola Cognigni for her image "A view into a fly's backside". Impact Poster competition: Second prize to Gerit Linneweber for his poster "Insects impact on us!" Departmental Seminar Day Poster Competition Winner: Jiggins...


Read more at: Pilkington Teaching Prize 2012

Pilkington Teaching Prize 2012

4 July 2013

The Department is delighted to announce that Torsten Krude has been awarded one of this years Pilkington Teaching Prizes, in recognition of excellence in teaching at the University.


Read more at: Larks Ascending

Larks Ascending

4 July 2013

The Critically Endangered Raso lark (Alauda razae) lives on a single desert island of 7 km2 in the Cape Verdes off West Africa. Happily, the birds have undergone a remarkable boom over the past decade, according to a paper published online this week in Animal Conservation.


Read more at: Butterfly genome reveals a promiscuous past

Butterfly genome reveals a promiscuous past

4 July 2013

An international collaborative study to map the genome of a South American butterfly has identified the secret behind its mimetic nature.


Read more at: Novel 3D reconstruction of fossil reveals how limb movement evolved in the first land animals

Novel 3D reconstruction of fossil reveals how limb movement evolved in the first land animals

4 July 2013

Research published in the journal Nature reveals for the first time how a famous extinct animal, the early four-legged vertebrate (tetrapod) called Ichthyostega, moved on land.