Life on Earth is at risk from an unprecedented rate of environmental change that threatens the natural resources on which we depend.
In a new film, Dr Jane Goodall DBE talks about the environmental crisis and her reasons for hope.
Flora Donald is a PhD candidate who splits her time between the Department of Plant Sciences and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Here, she...
Sophia Cooke is a PhD candidate in the Department of Zoology, and a member of King's College. Here, she tells us about splitting her time between...
We are laying waste to the biosphere. If we're serious about saving millions of species, then it's our own that must change how it thinks about...
Largest study yet to compare protected with “matched” unprotected land finds significantly higher increases in human pressure – primarily through...
Local people in the Nepal Himalayas value snow leopards as much for the potential personal benefits they gain from the animals’ conservation as they...
Dr Alexis Braun is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Genetics. Here, she tells us about the importance of mentors, how her research...
Climate change poses a major threat to butterflies but a new generation of Cambridge scientists is working to unlock their secrets and help them...
Algorithms reveal “social tiers” in gorillas seen in only a few other species, such as dolphins and humans. Researchers suggest that some of these...
Researchers have shown how millions of years of climate change affected the range and habitat of modern birds, suggesting that many groups of...
A group of UK and Peruvian researchers have carried out the first detailed study of how rural communities interact with peatlands in the Peruvian...
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Manta Trust has successfully scanned a pregnant wild reef manta ray underwater to...
