News archive
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Do endemic butterflies differ from non-endemic butterflies in elevation and thermoregulatory traits?
Climate change and land-use change are threatening biodiversity globally.
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Butterflies mimic each other's flight behaviour to avoid predators
Researchers have shown that inedible species of butterfly, that mimic each other's colour patterns, have also evolved similar flight behaviours to warn predators and avoid being eaten.
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Ecological communities - a thorny issue?
Postdoctoral Research Associate Jack Hatfield discusses Ecology and biodiversity change, including the turnover of species and the losses and gains that change generates.
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Scientizing imaginary ecologies
Postdoctoral Researcher Brennen Fagan considers the implications of the creature collecting media.
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Does it make sense to view much of contemporary biodiversity change in terms of adaptive ecological responses to changing environments?
Postdoctoral research associate, Tadhg Carroll discusses the utility and possible implications of viewing recent biodiversity change, as adaptation to shifting environments.
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Biodiversity Controversy
Postdoctoral Researcher Brennen Fagan discusses debates centred on biodiversity.
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Stoat on a boat?
Introduced species are often a complex and contentious issue. Jack Hatfield discusses the case of stoats on the Orkney Islands.
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Can money buy you hope and happiness during the storms of climate and ecological crises?
PhD student Hien Luong reflects on how he became a researcher at the University of York and how he aims to bring together the disparate worlds of nature conservation and money from the Financial Markets.
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The Archaeology of a Protected Area
Post doctoral researcher, Michael Stratigos, discusses how protected areas are now set to become a key tool in the fight against declines in Biodiversity. Following the Montreal-Kunming COP15 which has seen many national governments pledge to protect 30% of land and sea for the protection of nature by 2030 (the 30 by 30 target), protected areas will see rapid expansion and many other existing designations will be adapted to ensure greater protection of biodiversity.
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Can we build an ecosystem?
Jack Hatfield discusses to what extent we can intentionally shape ecosystems and invites your thoughts on the matter.
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Exhaustion, Extinction, and Recovery
Postdoctoral Researcher Brennen Fagan reflects on loss in research, and how some researchers move forward.
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To achieve 30 by 30 in deeply cultural landscapes, conservation biologists need to speak to archaeologists
In the new research paper published in People and Nature, led by post doctoral research associate Michael Stratigos, an important archaeological dataset, Historic Landscape Characterisation, has been brought to bear on how protected areas are biased not only for certain types of physical landscapes and habitats, but also to certain types of historic cultural landscapes.
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Rewilding: a long term perspective
What is natural is beautiful. This belief underpins the United Kingdom's policy on National Parks, with National Parks explicitly committed to preserving and enhancing the UK's 'natural beauty'. But what is 'natural'? And what is 'beautiful'?, PhD student Jonathan Gordon asks.
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African Development and Conservation in the context of COP15 & the Global Biodiversity Framework
Postdoctoral research associate Tabitha Kabora reflects on the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15, the Global Biodiversity Framework and African development and conservation challenges.
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European mammals making a comeback?
Jack Hatfield discusses his own work and other recent developments regarding European mammals.
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Reconstructing human population sizes of the past
Earth's population has grown from 3 - 8 billion people over the last 70 years, a shift that has led to a significant increase in global consumption, a more urban population, extensive landscape conversion and a rapidly changing climate.
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Details in decline(s)?
Biodiversity change is complex. As we amass more and more data and aim to make our explanations and predictions global, Jack Hatfield and Tadhg Carroll ask, are we losing sight of these complex details?
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Rise of the Dragons – a good news story from the frontiers of climate change
Okay, they’re not exactly Dragons, but dragonflies and damselflies are still pretty cool. Tadhg Carroll takes a look at species which are thriving in the Anthropocene.
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Conservation commitments should focus on the best places to protect rare species, new study suggests
The Prime Minister has pledged to protect 30 per cent of land to support the recovery of nature, but a new study finds that much of the new land that has been allocated to meet this aspiration is not in the highest priority areas for biodiversity conservation.
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What Really Counts?
Jack Hatfield discusses why the way we quantify change in species communities is important.
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Pollen analysis: What is it? And why is it useful?
PhD student Jonny Gordon considers the part pollen plays in providing ecologists with a record of past plant communities.
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Book recommendations to help understand a complex world
Postdoctoral Research Associate Tadhg Carroll discusses two popular science books that help unpick data driven claims, and shows why they're useful for getting a handle on LCAB’s field of research.
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Scientists play a direct role in the identification of priority forests for protection in Borneo
An international team of researchers, including academics from the University of York, are working to help identify priority forest areas for protection on Borneo.
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UK insects struggling to find a home make a bee-line for foreign plants
Non-native plants are providing new homes for Britain’s insects - some of which are rare on native plants, a new study has found.