conservation

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Resurgence of endangered deer in Patagonian ‘Eden’ highlights conservation success

16 Apr 2013

New research shows that collaborative approaches to conservation can give hope to endangered species such as Chilean national icon the Huemul deer...

Specimens in the Museum of Zoology, Credit: Matt Bilton

A museum for the future

05 Apr 2013

The University Museum of Zoology contains far more than a record of the past. Ambitious redevelopment plans will enable enhanced use of its unique...

Cambridge Conservation Campus launched

02 Apr 2013

An insightful lecture by Sir David Attenborough in the University of Cambridge Senate House has marked the launch of the Cambridge Conservation...

Forest clearing along roads in the southern Brazilian Amazon (in Rondônia)

Roads could help rather than harm the environment

20 Mar 2013

Many roads are causing irreparable damage to nature but properly planned roads could actually help the environment

After the flood: harnessing the power of mud

31 Jan 2013

On the 60th Anniversary of the ‘big flood’ that devastated the coastline of eastern England, new research shows that integrating ‘natural’ sea...

High stress levels found in monkeys forced to spend more time foraging

24 Jan 2013

New research shows that disturbed habitats are resulting in increasingly poor diets for monkeys, and that the additional time and energy required to...

Leading the battle to protect the Amazon

09 Jan 2013

A graduate of Cambridge’s fledgling MPhil in Conservation Leadership returned last month to speak to current students about his vital work to protect...

Original manuscript of Fauna Cantabrigiensis

The remarkable notebook of a 19th-century naturalist

09 Jan 2013

A notebook recording the fauna of Cambridgeshire observed and collected by the Reverend Leonard Jenyns between 1820 and 1849 has been published in...

Science illuminating art

12 Oct 2012

Illuminated manuscripts are revealing their secret histories thanks to the application of techniques more commonly found in scientific laboratories...