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How disgust-related avoidance behaviours help animals survive

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How disgust-related avoidance behaviours help animals survive

An international team examines how animals utilise disgust-related avoidance behaviour to combat diseases

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Guidance for LGBTQIA+ inclusion during ecology fieldwork

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Guidance for LGBTQIA+ inclusion during ecology fieldwork

A new study outlines how we can better accommodate the LGBTQIA+ community during fieldwork

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Peregrine falcon diets affected by human activities according to new study

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Peregrine falcon diets affected by human activities according to new study

A UK based team explored the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on peregrine falcon diets

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Natural seed banks cannot protect biodiversity from the effects of climate change

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Natural seed banks cannot protect biodiversity from the effects of climate change

Researchers have found that natural soil seed banks are not as effective in northerly plants - meaning they lack a survival strategy in our warming climate.

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Plantation design features to increase pollination

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Plantation design features to increase pollination

A new collaborative study explores how to improve pollination using plantation design techniques

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Cephalopod food system sustainability improvements

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Cephalopod food system sustainability improvements

Researchers explain how the IPBES framework can be used to address sustainability within the cephalopod food system.

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Robotic bird created to study animal communication

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Robotic bird created to study animal communication

Researchers have created a hyper realistic bird to study communication in zebra finches

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Soil transplantation internationally explored for land restoration

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Soil transplantation internationally explored for land restoration

An international study reveals the benefit of soil transplantation in restoring natural landscape areas.

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High-intensity fires do not reverse bush encroachment in new long term study

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High-intensity fires do not reverse bush encroachment in new long term study

A decade long study from South African National Parks examines the use of high-intensity fires to reverse bush encroachment

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Hen harrier row could help in other conservation conflicts

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Hen harrier row could help in other conservation conflicts

The long-running row over Britain’s hen harriers could offer lessons for other conservation conflicts.

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Local nature associated with greater sense of wellbeing, according to new study

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Local nature associated with greater sense of wellbeing, according to new study

A new study from Cornell Lab of Ornithology investigates the effect of different nature excursions on wellbeing

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Wellbeing benefits of citizen science projects revealed in first of its kind study

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Wellbeing benefits of citizen science projects revealed in first of its kind study

A first of its kind study explores the wellbeing benefits of participating in citizen science

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Queen bees face death in commercial colonies

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Queen bees face death in commercial colonies

Wild queen bee deaths in commercial hives, including risk-mitigation efforts investigated

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Grassland restoration tactics explored to aid biodiversity

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Grassland restoration tactics explored to aid biodiversity

A new study examines the recovery of grasslands to inform future restoration tactics and policy

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Bird migratory movements predicted by new model

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Bird migratory movements predicted by new model

New predictive model allows scientists to anticipate migratory patterns within bird species.

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