Commenting on the unprecedented move by China to lift a quarter-century ban on the scientific and medical use of tiger bones and rhinoceros horn, Professor … Read more
Women who give birth to boys much more likely to have postnatal depression
A University study into postnatal depression (PND) found the odds of developing this condition increased by 79% when mothers had baby boys compared to baby … Read more
Professor Keith Somerville on the WWF report that current food production is unsustainable
Commenting on the report from the WWF that indicates a major decline in species and numbers of wildlife globally over the last five decades, DICE’s … Read more
Dr Alanna Cant on witchcraft and Catholicism in Mexico
Dr Alanna Cant, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School, has recently published an article entitled What Can Witchcraft Do in Mexico? for … Read more
Professor Keith Somerville on a lioness killing father of her cubs
Commenting on news reports that a lioness in Indianapolis Zoo has killed the father of her three cubs in their enclosure at the zoo, DICE’s Professor … Read more
BSc student makes a short film about his research
BSc Wildlife Conservation student Will Clothier has made a short film about the research and monitoring team he is working with as part of his … Read more
Sundarbans tigers reveal fine-scale genetic signature of population isolation by wider rivers
Tigers (Panthera tigris) in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh reveal a signature of population genetic isolation as a result of wide rivers, according to … Read more
Amber Abrams successfully defends her PhD thesis
Congratulations to Dr Amber Abrams who successfully defended her PhD thesis, ‘Wellbeing on the edge: The dynamics of Musundian edge-dwelling on the boundaries of protected … Read more
Dr Matthew Struebig awarded large NERC grant to research land-use policy in Indonesia
NERC has chosen to award just short of one million pounds to a UK-Indonesia research collaboration under the Wallacea scheme, of which £395,000 is granted … Read more
Stirling Lecture – The Way We Think About Thinking Matters
This year’s Stirling Lecture will be delivered by Professor Tanya Marie Luhrmann from Stanford University with a talk entitled ‘The Way We Think About Thinking … Read more