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Successful honey-hunters know how to communicate with wild birds

Wild honeyguide birds prefer to cooperate with people who have learned local cultural traditions to find and access honey-filled bees’ nests, a new study has found.

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Established Academic 2023

The Established Academic for 2023 is Professor William Sutherland and his research team at Conservation Evidence. 

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The Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement

Meet the winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Awards 2023 for Research Impact and Engagement and learn more about their projects.

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Reducing inequality is essential in tackling climate crisis, researchers argue

In a report just published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers argue that tackling inequality is vital in moving the world towards Net-Zero – because inequality constrains who can...

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Spanish butterflies better at regulating their body temperature than their...

Butterfly populations in northern Spain are better than their UK counterparts at regulating their body temperature, but rising global temperatures may put Spanish butterflies at greater risk of...

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Ancient DNA reveals reason for high MS and Alzheimer's rates in Europe

Researchers have created the world’s largest ancient human gene bank, and used it to map the historical spread of genes – and diseases – over time as populations migrated. 

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Fish bellies, fava beans & food security

Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem. 

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Pork labelling schemes ‘not helpful’ in making informed buying choices, say...

Researchers have evaluated different types of pig farming – including woodland, organic, free range, RSPCA assured, and Red Tractor certified, to assess each systems’ impact across four areas: land use...

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