At a symposium next month (15 September 2017) academics, artists and ornithologists will share their responses to the work of 19th-century poet John...
By following honeyguides, a species of bird, people in Africa are able to locate bees’ nests to harvest honey. Research now reveals that humans use...
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, O is for Owl...
In his short life Francis Willughby immersed himself in the study of natural history yet he has been overshadowed by more famous peers. In a talk on...
![](https://www.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.cam.ac.uk/files/styles/content-580x288/public/news/research/news/130429-small-owl-wren-library.jpg?itok=lhKSrFNh "Detail from "The ornithology of Francis Willughby .... (London, 1678)". , Credit: Trinity College Library (Q.13.16) by kind permission of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College Cambridge.")