News and Opinion - British Ecological Society

AI tool helps ecologists monitor rare birds through their songs

Researchers have developed a new deep learning AI tool that generates life-like birdsongs to train bird identification tools, helping ecologists to monitor rare species in the wild.

Research on coral reefs is biased, according to new study

How is academic colonialism affecting publishing about coral reefs?

Invasive plant species threaten 66 percent of India's natural areas

Indian scientists created a unique solution to a lack of invasive plant information.

Is deer culling the answer to Scottish woodland regeneration?

Can deer culling help restore native Scottish pinewoods?

Stella - The Steller's sea eagle making a stellar economic impact

How does a Steller's sea eagle found 7K miles off course benefit the economy?

Medicinal plants and unsustainable harvesting: a closer look

A deep dive into the use of medicinal plants and herbs

An assessment of hope: the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Report with Helen Roy

Helen Roy, lead author, discusses the new IPBES report on invasive alien species

GPS helps to monitor compliance with environmental law in new study

How can GPS monitoring ensure compliance with environmental laws?

Great tits in cities have paler plumage than their forest-living relatives

The researchers found that the effects of cities on great tits vary across Europe.

Small urban greening projects can dramatically increase number of insect species in cities

The benefits of urban greening projects are finally quantifiable with use of new method.

Wildcat, feral or stray? The difficulties of cat categorisation explored

A new study explores the difficulties of wildcat categorisation on conservation efforts.

How do fires in river habitats affect wildlife?

How do fires affect endangered Western purple-crowned fairy-wrens in riparian zones?

Centering justice in Nature-based Solutions projects

How important is the concept of justice in Nature-based Solutions conservation projects?

Are tropical butterflies equipped to survive the climate crisis?

There is a very real threat that we could lose many species of tropical butterflies.

Loud music festivals could reduce bat activity in some species by nearly 50%

Loud music playback alone at UK music festivals is enough to cause significant disturbance to bats.