17 February 2023
\n \n \n \nAhead of World Pangolin Day tomorrow, the University of Oxford announces that it is joining a bold initiative to save this iconic animal: Operation Pangolin.
\n \n\n \n \n16 February 2023
\n \n \n \nThe findings, published today in Biology Conservation, could support global rewilding efforts, from reintroducing lynx in the UK to efforts to restore logged tropical forests.
\n \n\n \n \n15 February 2023
\n \n \n \nAround 100 guests gathered at the construction site of Oxford\u2019s new Life and Mind Building this afternoon to celebrate a major milestone towards completion of a new home for the Department of Biology and the Department of Experimental Psychology.
\n \n\n \n \n15 February 2023
\n \n \n \nThe world\u2019s oldest scientifically-confirmed European hedgehog has been found in Denmark by a citizen science project involving hundreds of volunteers.
\n \n\n \n \n13 February 2023
\n \n \n \n'As bird flu continues to decimate poultry and wild bird populations around the world, the virus \u2013 a deadly strain called H5N1 \u2013 appears to be spreading to mammals', writes Divya Venkatesh, BBSRC Discovery Fellow in the Department of Biology.
\n \n\n \n \n26 January 2023
\n \n \n \nLargely hidden from the masses lie great expanses of deep reefs, which collectively have a larger geographic footprint than their shallower counterparts.
\n \n\n \n \n19 January 2023
\n \n \n \nA new high-resolution model to quantify the sources of plastic debris accumulating on beaches across the Seychelles and other island states in the western Indian Ocean reveals that most of this waste originates from distant sources and not from the islands themselves.
\n \n\n \n \n13 January 2023
\n \n \n \nRaising the minimum age threshold for trophy hunted male lions, and accounting for additional deaths caused by poaching and conflict with people, could increase hunting sustainability, suggests a new study from WildCRU, based in the Department of Biology.
\n \n\n \n \n12 January 2023
\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 \n11 January 2023
\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 \n20 December 2022
\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 \n16 December 2022
\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 \n12 December 2022
\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 \n12 December 2022
\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 \n12 December 2022
\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 \n8 December 2022
\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 \n7 December 2022
\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 \n6 December 2022
\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 \n5 December 2022
\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 \n28 November 2022
\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.
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