Izabela Menezes-Barata has discovered a new frog species in Brazil. The species was discovered whilst searching for new populations of the endangered frog Crossodactylodes itambe in the … Read more
Category: DICE
Dr Megan Barnes welcomed as an International Academic Visitor
The School of Anthropology and Conservation is delighted to welcome Dr Megan Barnes from the University of Hawaii and the University of Queensland, who is … Read more
DICE alumnus Dr Jim Labisko reports from the Evolution 2017 conference
After receiving a £500 Early Career MRSB Grant from the Royal Society of Biology, Dr Jim Labisko attended Evolution 2017 in Portland, Oregon in June … Read more
DICE PhD student Andrew Buxton on Great Crested Newt eDNA
Andrew Buxton has published a paper in the journal PLOS ONE entitled Is the detection of aquatic environmental DNA influenced by substrate type?, co-authored by … Read more
DICE alumnus wins Early Career Conservationist Award
DICE alumnus Dr Diogo Veríssimo has been awarded the 2017 Society for Conservation Biology’s Early Career Conservationist Award. The honour was given to him at … Read more
DICE PhD student wins Most Popular Article Award
DICE PhD candidate Izabela Menezes-Barata has been awarded the 2016 Most Popular Article award from the Brazilian Society of Herpetology for her article Downscaling the … Read more
ParrotNet research featured in Guardian article
The flashing green plumage and shrill squawks of the Psittacula krameri, members of the parrot family better known as ring-necked or rose-ringed parakeets, have long … Read more
Why it’s time for conservationists to stop complaining and start marketing
In a recent article in The Conversation, Dr Bob Smith and DICE alumnus Dr Diogo Veríssimo argue that the media’s obsession with only a few … Read more
Inaugural Real World Research event
Real World Research was an opportunity for current University of Kent postgraduate students to showcase their work to the general public and win funding for … Read more
Professor Richard Griffiths receives Zoological Society of London award
Professor Richard Griffiths has received the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Marsh Award for Conservation Biology. Presented annually since 1991, the award recognises individuals for … Read more









