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Evolution in your back garden – great tits may be adapting their beaks to bird feeders

A British enthusiasm for feeding birds may have caused UK great tits to have evolved longer beaks than their European counterparts, according to new research from the University of East Anglia...

Publish Date: 20/10/17

Birds reveal the importance of good neighbours for health and ageing

Birds reveal the importance of good neighbours for health and ageing Birds who live next door to family members or to individuals they know well are...

Publish Date: 10/10/17

UEA awarded £1.4m for pioneering medical research

Research teams from the Schools of Biological Science and Computing Science at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have been awarded a total of £1.4m by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to...

Publish Date: 27/09/17

Longer-lived sperm produce healthier offspring

Males produce hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of sperm within a single ejaculate depending on the species. Does it matter then which sperm is actually fertilising the egg? ...

Publish Date: 11/07/17

Satellite data to map endangered monkey populations on Earth

UEA BIO is working with the University of Leicester to identify biodiversity through satellite data. A team of scientists led by the Universities of Leicester and East Anglia are leading...

Publish Date: 22/06/17

BIO PhD student's thesis receives award

Congratulations to BIO PhD student Joanne Godwin, whose thesis on Tribolium castaneum was recently awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the ZSL Thomas Henry Huxley Award and Marsh...

Publish Date: 09/06/17

BIO Research Colloquium - Friday 30 June

The School of Biological Sciences will hold its annual Colloquium on Friday 30 June at the Thomas Paine Study Centre, where researchers will present their latest work to colleagues and guests. ...

Publish Date: 06/06/17

BIO’s Lynn Dicks wins John Spedan Lewis Medal

Congratulations to Dr Lynn Dicks who has been awarded the John Spedan Lewis Medal by the Linnean Society for significant contribution to conservation in the field of entomology. Lynn, a NERC...

Publish Date: 02/06/17

BIO achieves Athena SWAN Silver Award

We are delighted to announce that the School of Biological Sciences has been awarded Athena SWAN Silver status. The Athena SWAN Charter, created by the Equality Challenge Unit , is...

Publish Date: 08/05/17

BIO Professor Jenny Gill Wins British Ornithologists’ Union Medal

Congratulations to Professor Jenny Gill, who has been awarded the BOU’s Union Medal at their annual conference. The BOU is an international society that has promoted ornithology...

Publish Date: 05/04/17

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