Category: News

Commencing in 2023, two scholarships for PhDs within the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) have been shortlisted for … Read more

Dr Chris Deter has been appointed as Head of School. Biological Anthropologist Chris had been in the role on Interim Head of School since August, … Read more

Thank you to all for keeping up to date with us in 2022. Here’s a look back at an epic year in stats! As a … Read more

Maddy Dufek switched courses to gain a Masters in Conservation Biology. The decision to study abroad took time and deep self-reflection and is a decision … Read more

Logging affects many of the world’s tropical forests, this new study examines whether the ecological health and functionality of these ecosystems. Tropical forests, after logging, … Read more

Professor Keith Somerville, DICE, comments on the newly-released annual report by South African National Parks detailing rhino and elephant losses over the last year.  The … Read more

Phd student Rhianna Drummond-Clarke has been awarded a Leakey Foundation Research Grant for her project entitled ‘Ecological drivers of bipedalism and arboreality in savanna-dwelling chimpanzees’. … Read more

Steven Allain – winner of the 2022 NBN Award for Wildlife Recording, has been researching a population of grass snakes in rural Norfolk and how … Read more

A large amount of study on Abi Shortland’s Biological Anthropology degree took place during lockdown, but with an eye to travel on the horizon she … Read more

Emma Bird studied for a PhD in Anthropology and graduated this year – hurray! Emma is now a Researcher at the Natural History Museum in … Read more