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Read more at: Cleaner fish respond to the shadow of the future

Cleaner fish respond to the shadow of the future

7 August 2013

Tropical fish alter their behaviour with an eye to the future, researchers in the department have found. This is the first time such behaviour has been seen in any animals except humans.


Read more at: New baylissi chameleon

New baylissi chameleon

7 August 2013

Recently a host of new species have been discovered from Mt. Mabu in northern Mozambique as part of a RBGKew Darwin Initiative award entitled Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss on South-East Africa's Montane Ecosystems’.


Read more at: Life in the rainforest

Life in the rainforest

7 August 2013

PhD student Tim Cockerill recounts his adventures in the northern Borneo rainforest on the Planet Earth podcast.


Read more at: Swarming locusts need larger brains

Swarming locusts need larger brains

7 August 2013

Desert locusts are infamous for their swarming behaviour when they migrate en masse and consume everything in their path, but usually they occur in a form that actively avoids other locusts and live solitary existences. Which one of these lifestyles poses bigger challenges and requires more brain power?


Read more at: Alfred Russel Wallace Award (2008-9)

Alfred Russel Wallace Award (2008-9)

7 August 2013

Dr Tom Fayle has been awarded the Alfred Russel Wallace prize by the Royal Entomological Society for his studies of the ant community structure in a rain forest microcosm.


Read more at: A bird’s eye view of how cuckoos fool their hosts

A bird’s eye view of how cuckoos fool their hosts

7 August 2013

Using field experiments in Africa and a new computer model that gives them a bird’s eye view of the world, Dr Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Martin Stevens have discovered how a bird decides whether or not a cuckoo has laid an egg in its nest.


Read more at: 2010 Drosophila image competition

2010 Drosophila image competition

7 August 2013

An image taken in the imaging facility in the department by Barry Denholm in Helen Skaer’s group has been nominated as a finalist in the Genetics Society of America Annual Drosophila image competition.


Read more at: Mother knows best – even before birth

Mother knows best – even before birth

7 August 2013

Bird mothers communicate with their developing chicks before they even hatch by leaving them messages in the egg, new research by a team from the Department has found.


Read more at: Graduate School Poster Competition Success 2010

Graduate School Poster Competition Success 2010

7 August 2013

Zoology graduates scooped a couple of prizes in the Graduate School of Life Sciences Poster and Images competition earlier this week keeping up our excellent record.


Read more at: Prestigious awards for Zoology Students

Prestigious awards for Zoology Students

7 August 2013

Congratulations to two students from the Department, who have recently received awards from the Zoological Society of London.