Sir David Attenborough's 'joy' on visit to Cambridge Conservation Initiative
27 Sep 2024Sir David Attenborough spoke of how he feels during visits to the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) when he stopped by the CCI conservation...
‘Extinct’ snails found breeding in French Polynesia
26 Sep 2024A species of tropical tree snail is no longer extinct in the wild following a successful reintroduction project.
Innovation for Africa's Climate Future
25 Sep 2024The 2024 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge Entrepreneurship Prize Competition recognises innovative ideas in...
Energy inefficiency and inability to downsize pose even bigger threat to low-income pensioners than loss of Winter Fuel Payments, study suggests
23 Sep 2024The UK Government’s policy to scrap Winter Fuel Payments could disproportionately affect low-income pensioners in England, new analysis suggests. But...
Flight path to net zero
22 Sep 2024Global aviation could be on a flight path to net zero if industry and governments reach just four goals by 2030, according to a new report from the...
Highly-sensitive beaks could help albatrosses and penguins find their food
18 Sep 2024Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks that could be used to...
Flowers use adjustable ‘paint by numbers’ petal designs to attract pollinators
13 Sep 2024Flowers like hibiscus use an invisible blueprint established very early in petal formation that dictates the size of their bullseyes – a crucial pre-...
Personal carbon footprint of the rich is vastly underestimated by rich and poor alike, study finds
12 Sep 2024The personal carbon footprint of the richest people in society is grossly underestimated, both by the rich themselves and by those on middle and...
Global timber supply threatened as climate change pushes cropland northwards
29 Aug 2024Climate change will move and reduce the land suitable for growing food and timber, putting the production of these 2 vital resources into direct...
Why animals talk
28 Aug 2024Dr Arik Kershenbaum listens to wolves, gibbons and dolphins to reveal the messages they send one another. His work challenges our assumptions about...
Cairngorms to Classrooms
16 Aug 2024Cambridge Zero has welcomed 17 students onto its 2024 Future Leaders Programme to support climate and sustainability initiatives at the University of...
The mink must go: ending a catastrophic UK invasion
13 Aug 2024Many have said it's an impossible task. But a new approach is astonishing scientists by clearing the UK of destructive American mink - the lasting...