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« Back to NewsMonks Wood Wilderness: 60 years ago, scientists let a farm field rewild – here’s what happened
22 July 2021
Richard K Broughton from the Department of Zoology writes about the Monks Wood Wilderness experiment in an article on The Conversation.
The Conversation: what 7000 English names for birds tell us about our changing relationship with nature
21 June 2021
Andy Gosler from the Department of Zoology writes about a unique project on ethno-ornithology.
From The Conversation: Seaspiracy: how to make fishing more sustainable by tackling bycatch
12 May 2021
Food security & biodiversity Research The Conversation Zoology
Hollie Booth from the Department of Zoology and colleague William Arlidge from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries write about new research proposing that commercial fishing companies and seafood consumers should pay compensation for the environmental impacts of fisheries.
From The Conversation: Mars InSight: why we’ll be listening to the landing of the Perseverance rover
15 February 2021
Earth sciences Physics Research The Conversation
Ben Fernando (Departments of Earth Sciences and Physics) writes about using the Insight mission to detect seismic signals during the landing of Perseverance - the first time that anyone has tried using a spacecraft on the surface of another planet to detect another spacecraft arriving.
From The Conversation: Spider legs build webs without the brain’s help – providing a model for future robot limbs
10 February 2021
Fritz Vollrath from the Department of Zoology writes in an article published on The Conversation.
Why Mauritius is culling an endangered fruit bat that exists nowhere else
26 November 2020
An article from the Conversation by Alexandra Zimmerman (Zoology), Ewan Macdonald (Said Business School) and Tigga Kingston (Texas Tech University).
Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C – but we can act now to stop it
6 November 2020
Climate Physics The Conversation
In an article from 'The Conversation', John Lynch in the Department of Physics discusses the necessary changes for bringing agriculture in line with a “net-zero” world.
Five reasons people buy illegal wildlife products – and how to stop them
3 September 2020
Amy Hinsley and Diogo Verissimo from the Department of Zoology discuss the illegal wildlife trade in an article from the Conversation.
Organic ‘computers’ made of DNA could process data inside our bodies
3 September 2015
Computer science The Conversation
An article by Marta Kwiatkowksa (Department of Computer Science) for The Conversation.