{ "items": [ "\n\n
\n \n 12 January 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n Sustainability & the environment\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nMaking catering more sustainable can make genuine positive contributions, but coming close to fully mitigating biodiversity loss within the current food system will take extremely ambitious action.
\n \n\n\n \n 11 January 2023\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n The Conversation\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nTimothy Kuiper (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town) and EJ Milner-Gulland (Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity, Department of Biology) explore what varying poaching rates can tell us about what drives, motivates and facilitates poaching.
\n \n\n\n \n 20 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Food security & biodiversity\n \n \n \n \n The Conversation\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nSenior Research Fellow Dr Alexandra Zimmermann from the Department of Biology writes about the complexities of \r\nresolving human-wildlife conflict and achieving coexistence.
\n \n\n\n \n 16 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n AI and data science\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA study from Save the Elephants and University of Oxford researchers used high-resolution satellite imagery to investigate how plant diversity affects elephant movements.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Sustainability & the environment\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers and conservation experts reinforce the need for ambitious targets by 2030 to focus, motivate and finance actions to start reversing biodiversity loss.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n Sustainability & the environment\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nUniversity of Oxford researchers have contributed to a study which found that very few deep reefs have any form of protection, despite facing a multitude of threats.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n The Conversation\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nHollie Booth, Oxford Policy Engagement Network Post-doc Fellow in the Department of Biology, writes about her research into ways to reduce catches of threatened shark species that also support the rights and welfare of small-scale fishers.
\n \n\n\n \n 8 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Sustainability & the environment\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nAnnounced today at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), this push is part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a movement to avert climate catastrophe and mass extinction.
\n \n\n\n \n 7 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Climate\n \n \n \n \n Food security & biodiversity\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nLaunching today, the United Nations Conference of the Parties for Biodiversity (COP15) will convene governments from nearly 200 countries to agree to a new set of goals to tackle the biodiversity crisis over the next decade.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Food security & biodiversity\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study led by the University of Oxford is the first to quantify the day-to-day barriers that conservation workers face as they try to conserve and manage island ecosystems around the world.
\n \n\n\n \n 5 December 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Climate\n \n \n \n \n Food security & biodiversity\n \n \n \n \n Sustainability & the environment\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nAhead of COP15, researchers make key recommendations for policymakers to support Asian countries to meet 2030 biodiversity targets.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 November 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Begbroke\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Sustainability & the environment\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nAs nations prepare to meet in Uruguay to negotiate a new Global Plastics Treaty, a study from Oxford and Nekton scientists has revealed the discovery of synthetic plastic fibres in air, seawater, sediment and sea ice.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 November 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Business and Industry\n \n \n \n \n Engineering\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA partnership between the Oxford Robotics Institute and Department of Biology is using cutting-edge robots to assess the state of species diversity and ecosystems in the UK.
\n \n\n\n \n 25 November 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Antimicrobial resistance\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Chemistry\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nAs part of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research and Oxford Martin School hosted a symposium on 'The Rising Tide of Antimicrobial Resistance: A high price to pay', bringing together experts from research, industry, policy and finance to discuss the threat and opportunities to address it.
\n \n\n\n \n 22 November 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Antimicrobial resistance\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study, led by researchers from the Department of Biology and released during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, has significant findings on how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) arises and persists.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 November 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n MPLS\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n Teaching\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nMPLS Associate Head (Education) and Professor of Mathematical Biology, Mike Bonsall, is the latest member of the University to be featured on Oxford Profiles, talking about why he believes Biology is the 'subject of the future'.
\n \n\n\n \n 1 November 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n COVID-19\n \n \n \n \n Funding\n \n \n \n \n Medical science\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Rockefeller Foundation has announced $3 million in new funding for Global.health (G.h) \u2013 a first-of-its-kind, open-source platform for scientific pandemic data.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 October 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n Sustainability & the environment\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Nekton Maldives Mission, involving Oxford marine biologists, has found evidence of a previously undescribed ecosystem - \u2018The Trapping Zone\u2019 - that is creating an oasis of life 500 metres down in the depths of the Indian Ocean. The discovery has been hailed as highly significant by the Maldives Government.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 October 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nNew research led by biologists from the University of Oxford, working with partners at Yellowstone National Park and Penn State in the US, may have finally solved why wolves change colour across the North American continent.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 October 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Biology\n \n \n \n \n The Conversation\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nAn article first published on the Conversation by Amy Dickman, Professor of Wildlife Conservation in the Department of Biology, and colleagues Niall Hammond from Griffith University and Duan Biggs at Northern Arizona University.
\n \n\n