Life on Earth is at risk from an unprecedented rate of environmental change that threatens the natural resources on which we depend.
Since Darwin’s time, Amazonian butterflies have intrigued biologists as examples of evolution in action.
Collaboration between the University Herbarium and Microsoft Research Ltd has made a unique botanical collection available to a world-wide audience...
The Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) is a new and pioneering partnership formed by the University of Cambridge and leading conservation...
Conserving biodiversity must be considered when developing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, researchers warn in today’s...
The humble cod may be about to have its biggest impact on history since sparking “war” with Iceland in 1972.
Are there any wild places left in Britain and Ireland? Robert Macfarlane has travelled in search of them, reflecting on the meaning of &lsquo...
Understanding our biological past is a tricky business. It's like trying to build a jigsaw puzzle when most of the pieces are missing. However...
A ground-breaking professorship that will unify research into how to tackle the Earth’s waning biological diversity is to be created at the...
Asian vultures are at risk of lethal kidney failure if they feed from carcasses of a cow that died after treatment with the anti-inflammatory drug...
Researchers are calling for tighter controls on the live reef fish trade, a growing threat to coral reefs, in letters to the international journal...
The Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund has provided £3.8 million to endow in perpetuity a professorship in Conservation Biology at the University of...
Cambridge scientists have discovered a solution for controlling one of the world’s biggest environmental and ecological pests – the zebra mussel.
