Press office news tagged conservation-biology

Students gain experience of conservation challenges and practices during field course to the Azores

University of Plymouth news: Our second year Biological Sciences students travelled to the Azores this summer for an annual field course studying the unique geography and exceptional biology of the remote volcanic island of São Miguel
11 October 2023
Academic contributes to new animal welfare guidelines for zoos

University of Plymouth news: Dr Joanna Newbolt is among the contributors to a new set of guidelines that aims to help zoos effectively evaluate the interactions between visitors and their animals
5 September 2023
Hidden moles in hidden holes

University of Plymouth news: Scientists have identified two types of mole which they believe have been living undiscovered in the mountains of eastern Turkey for as many as 3 million years.
11 August 2023
Burrowing snakes have far worse eyesight than their ancestors

An international team of scientists – led by the Natural History Museum and the University of Plymouth – has demonstrated that burrowing snakes have undergone extensive vision gene loss over tens of millions of years of evolutionary history
9 December 2021
Harpy eagles could be under greater threat than previously thought

Harpy eagles are considered by many to be among the planet’s most spectacular birds but new research led by the University of Plymouth suggests estimates of the species’ current distribution are potentially overestimating range size
27 January 2021
Animal groups consider multiple factors before fighting

New research involving the University of Plymouth suggests that groups of animals consider multiple factors before deciding whether to fight rivals
10 November 2020
Climate change responsible for severe infectious disease in UK frogs

Climate change has already increased the spread and severity of a fatal disease that infects common frogs (Rana temporaria) in the UK, according to research involving the University of Plymouth.
10 May 2019
Scientists reveal the truth about a 'true frog'

A common species of true frog found across Central America appears to have been keeping its “multiple identities” a secret all along, new research led by the University of Plymouth suggests
11 April 2019
Study offers insight into biological changes among invasive species

Scientists from the University of Plymouth have recently completed extensive research into the Maynard’s Anole population on the Cayman Islands
9 April 2019
Student’s chance discovery wins national photography prize

University of Plymouth student Alex Edwards has won the student section of the Up Close and Personal category in the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology
30 November 2018
Deadly fungus found for first time in critically endangered amphibian species

New research led by the University of Plymouth has shown that the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been recorded for the first time in critically endangered amphibians in the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot.
13 June 2018
Rocky habitats need to be protected for endangered amphibians to survive, study shows

An international team of scientists led by the University of Plymouth has published research in the PLoS ONE journal showing that rare amphibians living on rocky plateaux in western India are in desperate need of greater protection
26 March 2018