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A library of plants – what can we learn about our changing landscape?

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Andrew Leitch

Professor of Plant Genetics

What’s in the water? Measuring the impact of plastic pollution

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Professor Iwan Jones — Professor Iwan Jones

Head of the River Communities Group

Loggerhead turtle conservation: empowering NGOs through research

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Professor Christophe Eizaguirre

Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics, Head of Biology Department

Genetic resistance brings hope for ash trees

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Professor Richard Buggs — Professor Richard Buggs

Professor of Evolutionary Genomics

Three bumblebee workers (Bombus terrestris) prepare to leave their nest box.

Plight of the bumblebee: how Queen Mary helped Britain’s native pollinators

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Lars Chittika — Professor Lars Chittka

Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology

A paper collage of colourful butterflies made during the project

‘Strengths for the Journey’ intervention gives hope to children in refugee camps

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Dr Sevasti Foka

Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Director of Graduate Employment and Opportunities

Fyke nets

Long-term research on fresh waters informs policy and reveals response to reductions in air pollution

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Professor Alan Hildrew — Professor Alan Hildrew

Professor of Ecology

On the slopes of Mount Hanang, near to one of the mole-rat sites

Discovery of two mole-rat species creates new protected areas in Tanzania

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Chris Faulkes — Dr Chris Faulkes

Reader in Evolutionary Ecology