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Find out more about what's happening at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology from our science blogs.
09.12.14
CEH at the BES-SFE Joint Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the British Ecological Society is a little different in 2014: for the first time, it joins up with the Société Française d’...
28.11.14
Assessing mammal abundance in the Chernobyl exclusion zone
You might have seen the BBC News story about brown bears photographed in Chernobyl for what is believed to be the first time. CEH scientists are...
26.11.14
Helping to restore India's rivers
Scientists from the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) were in India recently (10-14 November 2014) to participate in intensive...
07.11.14
Monitoring biodiversity and habitats from space: a reality check
Watch a presentation on Earth Observation science, its limitations and its potential - a personal view from Dr France Gerard of the Centre for...
05.11.14
National Pollinator Strategy and related CEH science
The National Pollinator Strategy was launched yesterday (4 November 2014) by Environment Minister Liz Truss. The strategy has been many months in the...
24.10.14
Butterfly tennis balls!
A new study published in the journal PLOS Genetics (23 October 2014, PLOS Genet 10(10): e1004698 ) shows some very striking images of developing...
24.10.14
Insect Pollinators Initiative Dissemination Event
The end of the UK Insect Pollinators Initiative (IPI)* was marked by an event at the Wellcome Trust on 21 October 2014. Attendees included Government...
22.10.14
Sharing the planet: Hen harrier conservation and grouse shooting
Dr Juliette Young from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology was on Radio 4 earlier this week, being interviewed for the Shared Planet programme ...
16.10.14
Ladybirds, fungi and alien invaders
Of all species on Earth it is the parasites that seem to receive least appreciation for their intrinsic beauty. Yet they are exquisite. I have been...
08.10.14
Invasive alien quagga mussel arrives in UK
The invasive alien quagga mussel ( Dreissena rostriformis bugensis ) has arrived in the UK. The mussel was found in Wraysbury Reservoir and the...