Pre-closure celebrations at the Museum of Zoology
16 May 2013The University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge will be closed to the public from June 2nd 2013. Subject to planning permission, the museum will be undergoing a major redevelopment.
'Dirty dozen' invasive species threaten UK
01 May 2013Group of high-risk invasive aquatic plants and animals identified
On the fly: African summer school on insect neuroscience
26 Apr 2013A programme created by Cambridge researchers is teaching African scientists how insects can be powerful yet inexpensive model systems in neuroscientific research.
Evidence shows fish collaboration on hunting prey
23 Apr 2013Groupers and coral trout perform a pointing signal to indicate the location of hidden prey
Cambridge Conservation Campus launched
02 Apr 2013An insightful lecture by Sir David Attenborough in the University of Cambridge Senate House has marked the launch of the Cambridge Conservation Campus. The campus will become the hub for the world’s largest conservation cluster, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI).
Roads could help rather than harm the environment
20 Mar 2013Many roads are causing irreparable damage to nature but properly planned roads could actually help the environment
Mammals vs dinosaurs
15 Mar 2013Were dinosaurs really the most exciting and interesting creatures ever to roam the planet? Zoologist Nick Crumpton tells the Cambridge Science Festival that it’s high time other prehistoric animals stepped out from the shadows.
A moving history of life
07 Mar 2013Evolution might explain how we have come to be the way we are, but locomotion plays a starring role in the story of life on Earth, as zoologist Dr Matt Wilkinson explains at the University of Cambridge’s Science Festival on March 16.
How birds of different feathers flock together
06 Mar 2013When different species of birds flock together, their flight formations are determined by social dynamics both between and within species.
Female butterflies can smell if a male butterfly is inbred
06 Mar 2013Research discovers that whether a female butterfly will mate with a male depends on the quality of his sex pheromones.
