Life on Earth is at risk from an unprecedented rate of environmental change that threatens the natural resources on which we depend.
A new book by a Cambridge professor offers an alternative to the narratives of nature’s annihilation, by shining a light on conservation success...
A new study published in Conservation Letters aims to measure whether parks and reserves in the tropics succeed in protecting forests.
Research provides new insights about what caused the extinction of many of the world’s big animals over the last 100,000 years.
Over the past few years, the genre of ‘nature writing’ has seen a new sense of urgency, fostered by a growing awareness of a natural world under...
A new study reveals how the gathering together of conservation organisations in one location – a ‘conservation cluster’ – can work best to reap...
An innovative horizon-scanning exercise, which has just delivered its latest report, highlights emerging topics of relevance to the world’s natural...
A new study of tropical forests will provide a 50,000-year perspective on how animal biodiversity has changed, explored through an archaeological...
Conservation scientists working in partnership with practitioners and policy makers are building practical tools for real-world conservation.
Innovative approaches for protecting the future of Sierra Leone’s Gola Forest – globally important for its biodiversity and its carbon reserves – are...
The traditional belief that fish have short memory spans may not be as true as we thought. Gates scholar Alex Vail is carrying out research that...
Over the past month, the University of Cambridge has been profiling research that addresses one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century – how...
Research reveals plumages exhibit less than a third of possible colours birds can see.
