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Our tropical field course offers our undergraduate students a unique opportunity to experience tropical rain forest ecology and conservation.🐛
Read their accounts of their unforgettable experiences in Borneo. 👉 bit.ly/3WJwUrE
Read their accounts of their unforgettable experiences in Borneo. 👉 bit.ly/3WJwUrE
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Our tropical field course offers our undergraduate students a unique opportunity to experience tropical rain forest ecology and conservation.🐛
Read their accounts of their unforgettable experiences in Borneo. 👉 bit.ly/3WJwUrE
Read their accounts of their unforgettable experiences in Borneo. 👉 bit.ly/3WJwUrE
Proud to see research by Dr Thomas Ball of our Conservation Science Group featured here:
“Every time anyone eats anything, it has an impact on the other species we share the planet with." 🍽️
Researchers at @camzoology.bsky.social have developed a new way to measure how changes in land use affect the extinction risk of over 30,000 species: bit.ly/4qGL3Dr
#Conservation
Researchers at @camzoology.bsky.social have developed a new way to measure how changes in land use affect the extinction risk of over 30,000 species: bit.ly/4qGL3Dr
#Conservation
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Proud to see research by Dr Thomas Ball of our Conservation Science Group featured here:
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📢FREE 'Meet the Conservation Scientist' workshop for 13-18 yr olds. Join Dr Stevens from TRAFFIC & discover how they work to reduce illegal & unsustainable wildlife trade + explore different conservation careers. Online: Wed 12 Nov 5.30pm https://ow.ly/Un4k50Xn4Gk University of Cambridge Museums
Meet the Conservation Scientist: A Zoology Club workshop with TRAFFIC
Meet Dr James Stevens from TRAFFIC, and find out how they are working to reduce illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📢FREE 'Meet the Conservation Scientist' workshop for 13-18 yr olds. Join Dr Stevens from TRAFFIC & discover how they work to reduce illegal & unsustainable wildlife trade + explore different conservation careers. Online: Wed 12 Nov 5.30pm https://ow.ly/Un4k50Xn4Gk University of Cambridge Museums
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🕷️It's Halloween at the Museum this Friday 31 Oct - follow our Spooky Trail & learn about the myths behind some of our specimens, like our komodo dragon. Get creative with some mask making 😀 or just pop by to see our spider display! 🕷️All FREE! University of Cambridge Museums
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🕷️It's Halloween at the Museum this Friday 31 Oct - follow our Spooky Trail & learn about the myths behind some of our specimens, like our komodo dragon. Get creative with some mask making 😀 or just pop by to see our spider display! 🕷️All FREE! University of Cambridge Museums
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I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
Reversing defaunation through rewilding and its consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem function | Department of Zoology
Reversing defaunation through rewilding and its consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem function Supervisor: Professor Rob Fletcher The world is facing several global challenges that are transform...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information:
@camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk
Join us! 😃
Thinking of applying for a fellowship? Could we sponsor you?
Find out more about our Senior Research Fellowship Sponsorship Scheme:
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/senior-resea...
Deadline: 9 November 2025
Thinking of applying for a fellowship? Could we sponsor you?
Find out more about our Senior Research Fellowship Sponsorship Scheme:
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/senior-resea...
Deadline: 9 November 2025
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Join us! 😃
Thinking of applying for a fellowship? Could we sponsor you?
Find out more about our Senior Research Fellowship Sponsorship Scheme:
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/senior-resea...
Deadline: 9 November 2025
Thinking of applying for a fellowship? Could we sponsor you?
Find out more about our Senior Research Fellowship Sponsorship Scheme:
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/senior-resea...
Deadline: 9 November 2025
Engineering for insects! 🐜🐞
New butterfly🦋banks at Trumpington offer an unprecedented chance to investigate climate change mitigation measures for invertebrates.
Read more: bit.ly/42V03n3
PS Related postgrad research project currently being advertised: bit.ly/47ikYSh
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New butterfly🦋banks at Trumpington offer an unprecedented chance to investigate climate change mitigation measures for invertebrates.
Read more: bit.ly/42V03n3
PS Related postgrad research project currently being advertised: bit.ly/47ikYSh
@wildlifebcn.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Engineering for insects! 🐜🐞
New butterfly🦋banks at Trumpington offer an unprecedented chance to investigate climate change mitigation measures for invertebrates.
Read more: bit.ly/42V03n3
PS Related postgrad research project currently being advertised: bit.ly/47ikYSh
@wildlifebcn.org
New butterfly🦋banks at Trumpington offer an unprecedented chance to investigate climate change mitigation measures for invertebrates.
Read more: bit.ly/42V03n3
PS Related postgrad research project currently being advertised: bit.ly/47ikYSh
@wildlifebcn.org
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📢NEW exhibition - Fragile Harmony is now on! 🐚Curated by Year 12 students, Fragile Harmony explores the relationship between the natural world & man-made art from Cambridge's modern art gallery - Kettles Yard. Can you see the connection? @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @kettlesyard.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📢NEW exhibition - Fragile Harmony is now on! 🐚Curated by Year 12 students, Fragile Harmony explores the relationship between the natural world & man-made art from Cambridge's modern art gallery - Kettles Yard. Can you see the connection? @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @kettlesyard.bsky.social
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REVIEW
Differing Impacts of Livestock Farming and Ranching on Aquatic Insect Biodiversity: A Global Meta‐Analysis
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@Andrew_Bladon @LynnDicks @CamZoology @cambridge_uccri @GLiTRS_Data @UK_CEH @ReadingBioSci @camzoology.bsky.social
Differing Impacts of Livestock Farming and Ranching on Aquatic Insect Biodiversity: A Global Meta‐Analysis
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@Andrew_Bladon @LynnDicks @CamZoology @cambridge_uccri @GLiTRS_Data @UK_CEH @ReadingBioSci @camzoology.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
REVIEW
Differing Impacts of Livestock Farming and Ranching on Aquatic Insect Biodiversity: A Global Meta‐Analysis
🔗 buff.ly/oYF5NEZ
@Andrew_Bladon @LynnDicks @CamZoology @cambridge_uccri @GLiTRS_Data @UK_CEH @ReadingBioSci @camzoology.bsky.social
Differing Impacts of Livestock Farming and Ranching on Aquatic Insect Biodiversity: A Global Meta‐Analysis
🔗 buff.ly/oYF5NEZ
@Andrew_Bladon @LynnDicks @CamZoology @cambridge_uccri @GLiTRS_Data @UK_CEH @ReadingBioSci @camzoology.bsky.social
We're delighted that Prof Claire Spottiswoode FRS is now Honorary Professor of African Evolutionary Ecology here at the University of Cambridge. 📜
Read more about her appointment and inaugural lecture here: bit.ly/3LhjIaE
Read more about her appointment and inaugural lecture here: bit.ly/3LhjIaE
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We're delighted that Prof Claire Spottiswoode FRS is now Honorary Professor of African Evolutionary Ecology here at the University of Cambridge. 📜
Read more about her appointment and inaugural lecture here: bit.ly/3LhjIaE
Read more about her appointment and inaugural lecture here: bit.ly/3LhjIaE
📢Publication alert!
Research led by Dr Tiffany Ki integrates museum and citizen science records to reveal a 166 year story of tropical butterflies.
Published this week by @royalsocietypublishing.org
Find out more: bit.ly/3JgJJq3
@yorkuniversity.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
Research led by Dr Tiffany Ki integrates museum and citizen science records to reveal a 166 year story of tropical butterflies.
Published this week by @royalsocietypublishing.org
Find out more: bit.ly/3JgJJq3
@yorkuniversity.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
📢Publication alert!
Research led by Dr Tiffany Ki integrates museum and citizen science records to reveal a 166 year story of tropical butterflies.
Published this week by @royalsocietypublishing.org
Find out more: bit.ly/3JgJJq3
@yorkuniversity.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
Research led by Dr Tiffany Ki integrates museum and citizen science records to reveal a 166 year story of tropical butterflies.
Published this week by @royalsocietypublishing.org
Find out more: bit.ly/3JgJJq3
@yorkuniversity.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
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🦇Halloween at the Museum is coming soon! Join us on Friday 31st October for a day of Halloween fun! 🕸️Get creative with our mask making crafts & follow our trail to find out the more unusual stories behind some of our specimens 🕷️ Pop in between 10am - 4pm. FREE @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🦇Halloween at the Museum is coming soon! Join us on Friday 31st October for a day of Halloween fun! 🕸️Get creative with our mask making crafts & follow our trail to find out the more unusual stories behind some of our specimens 🕷️ Pop in between 10am - 4pm. FREE @camunivmuseums.bsky.social
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Start of the new term and excited to be teaching Conservation Science @camzoology.bsky.social
Working with these talented students gives me hope about our future
Working with these talented students gives me hope about our future
October 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Start of the new term and excited to be teaching Conservation Science @camzoology.bsky.social
Working with these talented students gives me hope about our future
Working with these talented students gives me hope about our future
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📢 Want to join a community driving scientific, medical and technological innovation?
Applications are now open for our MPhil in Therapeutic Sciences!
🔗 Find out more and apply: www.ats.cam.ac.uk/mphil-therap...
#TherapeuticSciences #MPhil #Cambridge #Masters
Applications are now open for our MPhil in Therapeutic Sciences!
🔗 Find out more and apply: www.ats.cam.ac.uk/mphil-therap...
#TherapeuticSciences #MPhil #Cambridge #Masters
October 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📢 Want to join a community driving scientific, medical and technological innovation?
Applications are now open for our MPhil in Therapeutic Sciences!
🔗 Find out more and apply: www.ats.cam.ac.uk/mphil-therap...
#TherapeuticSciences #MPhil #Cambridge #Masters
Applications are now open for our MPhil in Therapeutic Sciences!
🔗 Find out more and apply: www.ats.cam.ac.uk/mphil-therap...
#TherapeuticSciences #MPhil #Cambridge #Masters
RIP John Gurdon
Inspirational colleague, teacher and leader, world-leading scientist and Nobel laureate.
bit.ly/4nIZuoR
Inspirational colleague, teacher and leader, world-leading scientist and Nobel laureate.
bit.ly/4nIZuoR
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
RIP John Gurdon
Inspirational colleague, teacher and leader, world-leading scientist and Nobel laureate.
bit.ly/4nIZuoR
Inspirational colleague, teacher and leader, world-leading scientist and Nobel laureate.
bit.ly/4nIZuoR
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The Cambridge crew living their best lives and enjoying the @restpoll.bsky.social 🍎 🍏 production tour @camzoology.bsky.social @zoologymuseum.bsky.social @globalfoodcamb.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Cambridge crew living their best lives and enjoying the @restpoll.bsky.social 🍎 🍏 production tour @camzoology.bsky.social @zoologymuseum.bsky.social @globalfoodcamb.bsky.social
Remembering Jane Goodall 1934 – 2025
Primatologist, conservationist and alumna of this department. An inspiration to us all.
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Primatologist, conservationist and alumna of this department. An inspiration to us all.
bit.ly/3VNtR0Y
October 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Remembering Jane Goodall 1934 – 2025
Primatologist, conservationist and alumna of this department. An inspiration to us all.
bit.ly/3VNtR0Y
Primatologist, conservationist and alumna of this department. An inspiration to us all.
bit.ly/3VNtR0Y
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The Cambridge University Entomological Society is hosting a symposium on ”The good, the bad, and the monstrous: insects in mythology, literature and media”, at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, on 20th November 2025.
Huge thanks to @royentsoc.bsky.social for supporting us!
Huge thanks to @royentsoc.bsky.social for supporting us!
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Cambridge University Entomological Society is hosting a symposium on ”The good, the bad, and the monstrous: insects in mythology, literature and media”, at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, on 20th November 2025.
Huge thanks to @royentsoc.bsky.social for supporting us!
Huge thanks to @royentsoc.bsky.social for supporting us!
📢Publication alert!
Insect biodiversity research:
🪰Large-scale analysis finds livestock ranching threatens aquatic insects
🐝Model predictions show no overall UK insect occupancy decline
Find out more: bit.ly/3ItHlvU
@rothamsted.bsky.social @joemillard.bsky.social
Insect biodiversity research:
🪰Large-scale analysis finds livestock ranching threatens aquatic insects
🐝Model predictions show no overall UK insect occupancy decline
Find out more: bit.ly/3ItHlvU
@rothamsted.bsky.social @joemillard.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢Publication alert!
Insect biodiversity research:
🪰Large-scale analysis finds livestock ranching threatens aquatic insects
🐝Model predictions show no overall UK insect occupancy decline
Find out more: bit.ly/3ItHlvU
@rothamsted.bsky.social @joemillard.bsky.social
Insect biodiversity research:
🪰Large-scale analysis finds livestock ranching threatens aquatic insects
🐝Model predictions show no overall UK insect occupancy decline
Find out more: bit.ly/3ItHlvU
@rothamsted.bsky.social @joemillard.bsky.social
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If you are from the US and interested in applying for a PhD with me (or anyone else @camzoology.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social), your deadline for the gates scholarship is October 15!
(You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...
(You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...
Postgraduate Cambridge University Scholarship | Gates Cambridge
A fully funded graduate education for future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you are from the US and interested in applying for a PhD with me (or anyone else @camzoology.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social), your deadline for the gates scholarship is October 15!
(You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...
(You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...
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📢ARTIST REQUIRED📢Love working with young people & families? We're seeking an artist/facilitator to lead some workshops & create an art installation, film or animation, on the theme of climate change & the Ice Ages! ❄️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct 🙂@camunivmuseums.bsky.social
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September 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
📢ARTIST REQUIRED📢Love working with young people & families? We're seeking an artist/facilitator to lead some workshops & create an art installation, film or animation, on the theme of climate change & the Ice Ages! ❄️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct 🙂@camunivmuseums.bsky.social
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Today meet the leadership team for our Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Research Theme! New lead Lucy tells us her thoughts on the Research Themes - find out more bio.cam.ac.uk #BiologicalSciences
@phar.cam.ac.uk @pdncambridge.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
@phar.cam.ac.uk @pdncambridge.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Today meet the leadership team for our Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Research Theme! New lead Lucy tells us her thoughts on the Research Themes - find out more bio.cam.ac.uk #BiologicalSciences
@phar.cam.ac.uk @pdncambridge.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
@phar.cam.ac.uk @pdncambridge.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
📢Publication alert!
PhD student, Iris Berger and Prof Lynn Dick's paper is published today in @natecoevo.nature.com
It analyses one of the world’s biggest agroecological transitions, and its exciting implications for biodiversity and economics.
Read more: bit.ly/4nht5Wi
PhD student, Iris Berger and Prof Lynn Dick's paper is published today in @natecoevo.nature.com
It analyses one of the world’s biggest agroecological transitions, and its exciting implications for biodiversity and economics.
Read more: bit.ly/4nht5Wi
September 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
📢Publication alert!
PhD student, Iris Berger and Prof Lynn Dick's paper is published today in @natecoevo.nature.com
It analyses one of the world’s biggest agroecological transitions, and its exciting implications for biodiversity and economics.
Read more: bit.ly/4nht5Wi
PhD student, Iris Berger and Prof Lynn Dick's paper is published today in @natecoevo.nature.com
It analyses one of the world’s biggest agroecological transitions, and its exciting implications for biodiversity and economics.
Read more: bit.ly/4nht5Wi
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🏳️🌈Our Pride in Nature tours are back this October! 🏳️🌈Book onto one of these FREE tours to discover how queer perspectives help us to better understand the natural world. These tours are run by our expert volunteers. All welcome. ow.ly/AzRw50WY0jp @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🏳️🌈Our Pride in Nature tours are back this October! 🏳️🌈Book onto one of these FREE tours to discover how queer perspectives help us to better understand the natural world. These tours are run by our expert volunteers. All welcome. ow.ly/AzRw50WY0jp @camunivmuseums.bsky.social @camzoology.bsky.social
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Looking for a PhD? I am advertising two industry sponsored PhD projects. One on black soldier fly genetics with #betabugs and another on searching insect biodiversity for novel enzymes #Syngenta. Get in touch if you are interested!! bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/available-ic...
Available iCASE projects | Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme
iCASE projects for academic year 2026-2027 line_divider.png Project: Understanding cellulose digestion by cryo-EM structure of cellulose microfibril-enzyme complexes Project reference: ICS-BIO-PD26 S...
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September 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Looking for a PhD? I am advertising two industry sponsored PhD projects. One on black soldier fly genetics with #betabugs and another on searching insect biodiversity for novel enzymes #Syngenta. Get in touch if you are interested!! bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/available-ic...