3 November 2020
\n \n \n \nDavid Macdonald, Director of WildCRU, writes about the threats to Indochinese tigers in an article on the Science Blog.
\n \n\n \n \n27 October 2020
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford\u2019s Department of Zoology has announced it will begin whole genome sequencing of extinct flightless birds, including the dodo and its sister taxa, the Rodrigues solitaire.
\n \n\n \n \n26 October 2020
\n \n \n \nDiogo Ver\u00edssimo from the Department of Zoology writes about his new conservation mobile phone game, 'Kakapo Run', in an article on the Science Blog.
\n \n\n \n \n21 October 2020
\n \n \n \nNew funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) will now extend to 2024 and increase to \u00a322.5 million, to support the REACH programme improve water security by delivering world-class science to transform policy and practice.
\n \n\n \n \n16 October 2020
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Christl Donnelly CBE, Professor in the Department of Statistics and Fellow of St Peter's College, who has been awarded the prestigious Frink Medal by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
\n \n\n \n \n13 October 2020
\n \n \n \nA team of scientists based in WildCRU at the University of Oxford, well-known for their research involving Cecil the Lion, has teamed up with colleagues in the Department of Computer Science to discover the precise ways in which each lion\u2019s roar is distinct, identifiable and trackable.
\n \n\n \n \n5 October 2020
\n \n \n \nSmall, close-knit communities are at high risk for rapid, intense COVID outbreaks especially if they haven\u2019t yet experienced outbreaks of COVID-19, shows a new study by the University of Oxford and Northeastern University, Boston.
\n \n\n \n \n28 September 2020
\n \n \n \nTargeted advertising and news coverage are powerful, and controversial, tools for influencing human perceptions and behaviour. Do they reveal new conservation solutions? From the Science Blog.
\n \n\n \n \n21 September 2020
\n \n \n \nScientists Dr Chris Thorogood at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, and Dr Fred Rumsey at London\u2019s Natural History Museum have just described a new form of a strange parasitic \u2018vampire\u2019 plant known as \u2018common broomrape\u2019.
\n \n\n \n \n10 September 2020
\n \n \n \nResearchers at Oxford University have estimated that the cost to clean up Aldabra Atoll, one of Seychelles\u2019 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, is approximately $4.68 million, requiring 18,000 person\u2010hours of labour. This is the largest accumulation of plastic waste reported for any single island in the world.
\n \n\n \n \n3 September 2020
\n \n \n \nAmy Hinsley and Diogo Verissimo from the Department of Zoology discuss the illegal wildlife trade in an article from the Conversation.
\n \n\n \n \n12 August 2020
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n10 August 2020
\n \n \n \nThe rise of antibiotic resistance in many pathogens has been driven by the spread of a small number of strains, suggesting that some bacteria may be genetically pre-disposed to evolving resistance.
\n \n\n \n \n3 August 2020
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n4 February 2020
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford have led a large collaboration to map the global distribution of nCoV-2019, commonly known as the Coronavirus.
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