Research stories

Sophus zu Ermgassen features in new Natural History Museum exhibition.

Oxford University researcher, Sophus zu Ermgassen appears in a wonderful new, free and permanent exhibition in London’s Museum of Natural History. You never need an excuse to visit this ...

Why ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves are a Trojan horse to hide humanity’s destruction of nature

Rich Grenyer, University of Oxford With wildlife populations globally 73% smaller on average than in 1970 and large mammals missing from much of the world, surely there’s never been ...

Exploring Kenya’s Savannas: Insights from Megha Ojha’s Fieldwork

Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery postdoctoral researcher, Megha Ojha, recently embarked on an inspiring journey to Kenya. Here she visited the Natural State Research Centre, a non-profit organization ...

From Greening to Wellbeing

Researcher Wendee Zhang presented her research at a recent Healthy Ecosystems Restoration in Oxfordshire (HERO) meeting this week, she discusses spatial and social-economic disparities in school outdoor greenness ...

Linnean Medal 2025 awarded to wildlife biologist Professor David Macdonald

Professor David Macdonald CBE Professor David Macdonald, who founded the Department of Biology’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), has been awarded the Linnean Medal for long-standing and significant contributions ...

FIELDWORK RESEARCH ASSISTANTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

We are recruiting up to three short-term research assistants this spring/summer to assist with biodiversity data collection near Oxford. Fieldwork assistants will join a small team surveying insects, ...