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Agroecology Group

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Baylis Group

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Biotic Interactions Group

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Bivalve Transmissible Neoplasia Group

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Brown Lab

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Centre for Pathogen Evolution

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Cichlid Eco-evo-devo Group

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Conservation Science Group

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Deep-time Ecology Group

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Drosophila Connectomics

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Evolutionary Ecology Group

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Evolution of Brains and Behaviour (EBAB) Lab

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Hardege Group

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Insect Biomechanics Workgroup

Insect Biomechanics Workgroup overview Awards and Prizes Biomechanics and ecology of insect-plant interactions Design and function of adhesive systems Former group members Group members Insect Biomechanics Workgroup PhD hats Locomotion and adhesion Media Posters Publications

Insect Ecology Group

Insect Ecology Group overview Former members and collaborators Group members News and blogs Ongoing projects Opportunities Publications The University Museum of Zoology Insect Collection Useful links

Insect Evolution and Genomics Group

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Kilner Group

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Krude Group

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LeBoeuf Lab

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Mammal Evolution and Morphology

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Marine Behavioural Ecology Group

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Marine Ecology and Conservation Group

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Molecular Ecology Group

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Neural Network Development Group

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Vertebrate Palaeontology Group

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Weil Lab

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Zlatic Group

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Research Themes

Research Themes overview Research Theme: Behaviour and Neuroscience Research Theme: Ecology and Conservation Science Research Theme: Evolution Research theme: Health and Evolutionary Medicine

Research Support

Research Support overview Balfour-Browne Fund Darlington Fund J. Arthur Ramsay Fund Tim Whitmore Zoology Fund

Whitten Programme in Tropical and Aquatic Biology

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Research fellowships

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Information for postdocs

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Study

Study overview Future Undergraduates Current Undergraduates Teaching facilities

Part II Zoology

Part II Zoology overview Michaelmas Term Modules 2025-26 Lent Term Modules 2025-26 Biological and Biomedical Sciences Janet Moore Prize

Postgraduates

Postgraduates overview Postgraduate Supervisors Funding Application FAQs Testimonials

Project List

Project List overview Aging and nutritional stress impacts on cellular processes Brain and behavioural disfunction in interspecific hybrids, and their role in speciation Conservation of wild bees in agricultural landscapes Convergent evolution of social regurgitation across Hymenoptera Eco-evolutionary dynamics of early animals Molecular cartography of in vivo biomolecular condensates Lifespan impacts of metabolic division of labour Life on the edge: local adaptation and conservation status of butterflies on the Orme Movement and connectivity conservation for biodiversity Population genomics of invasive Helicoverpa crop pests Predicting the Evolution of Influenza Repeated adaptation to altitude in Andean butterflies Reversing defaunation through rewilding and its consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem function The impacts of riparian within oil palm on insect movement and behaviour The mechanisms underlying colour polymorphisms in trumpetfish Towards an Integrative Understanding of Animal Weapons Tracking the past to predict the future Translational regulation via bimolecular condensates Accidental Allies: The Consequences of Symbiont Switching & Host-Range Expansion in Leaf-Footed Bugs Armoured for battle: male-male combat in leaf-footed bugs (Coreoidea) Cellular and molecular changes preventing senescence in long lived Heliconius butterflies Climate, Connectivity, and Diversification: The Biogeographic History of Tropical Butterflies Cooperation and conflict in antipredator signalling Developmental robustness - critical periods of brain development Eco-evolutionary dynamics of early animals Epigenetic mechanisms of critical period-plasticity during nervous system development Evolution and pharmacology of novel neurotransmitter receptors in parasitic nematodes Evolutionary epidemiology of parasites in Bumblebees From Weapons to Weapon Systems: An Integrated Framework for Animal Weapon Evolution Genetic basis and adaptive significance of yellow–blue colour variation in Lake Malawi cichlids Heat stress vulnerability during critical periods of nervous system development How does early-life social environment influence adult behaviour and morphology? Life in the Sagebrush: Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution of the Sagebrush Grig Marsupial brittlestars: development, provisioning and parental care in the sister group to chordates Metabolic regulators of nervous system development Plasticity and the defensive chemistry of Heliconius butterflies Regional drivers of seabird population change: Social behaviour and biology of Bumblebees Spider biodiversity responses to riparian restoration in Indonesian oil palm plantations Supporting smallholder oil palm farmer networks towards higher biodiversity systems The function of synchronisation in cicada swarms The genetic basis of toxin sequestration in Heliconius butterflies Understanding the impact of pesticides on ants Validating biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship theory in human-modified tropical ecosystem What are the long-term impacts of oil palm expansion on global biodiversity? Who Should I Trust? Social Information and Decision-Making Across Species

Facilities

University Museum of Zoology Zoology Library aDNA - eDNA labs Cambridge Biotomography Centre Confocal microscopes Teaching facilities

Alumni

Alumni overview Alumni Newsletter Archive

Biographies of Zoologists

Biographies of Zoologists overview Francis Maitland Balfour Sir James Beament Sir Michael Berridge The Bidders: a Cambridge zoological family. Professor Malcolm Burrows FRS 1943 – 2026 Sir Clive Forster-Cooper Hans Gadow [1855-1928]: Prussian Morphology meets Cambridge Zoology John Stanley Gardiner Charles Goodhart: A Twentieth Century Life Sir James Gray MC CBE FRS Fourth Professor of Zoology Dr A.V. (Bill) Grimstone (1933-2018) Sydney J. Hickson - a life among corals Hans Werner Lissmann Dame Anne McLaren Alfred Newton Carl Pantin - an enthusiasm for, well, everything Laurence Picken James Arthur Ramsay Victor Rothschild (1910-1990) George Salt Adam Sedgwick William Thorpe John E. Treherne (1929-1989) Sir Vincent Wigglesworth On learning to be a Zoologist

Donate to Zoology

Donate to Zoology overview Tropical Field Course Research Support Fund Museum of Zoology Student Support Fund in memory of John Treherne Research Studentships
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