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The Secrier and Murrell labs have received BBSRC funding to develop cross-disciplinary tools for spatial biology that take inspiration from ecological modelling.

CHRYSES, a bold interdisciplinary project funded by HERA and AHRC, explores how humanity has understood crisis through stories, symbols and knowledge systems—offering insights to tackle today’s environmental and health emergencies.

We're delighted to announce that Dr Joanne Littlefair has been awarded the 2025 Linnean Society Bicentenary Medal.

Researchers from Imperial College London, UCL, Dalhousie University and the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre describe how their new simulation methods improve understanding of how patterns of biodiversity emerge across the globe.

Researchers identify a new fundamental rule governing how ecosystems are assembled, that reveals how and why biomass increases with the number of species, whether this be the mass of fish on a coral reef, earthworms in the soil or birds in the sky.

Freshwater ecosystems globally are facing increasing stressors, while traditional surface water monitoring by regulatory agencies is often hampered by financial and political constraints. However, citizen science is providing a promising solution.

A special edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Biological Sciences) dedicated to the life’s work and memory of Professor Dame Georgina Mace, founding Director of UCL's Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, was published on 9 January.

Congratulations to Tim Blackburn and Tim Newbold for their awards.

Bioscience and environmental science PhD students at UCL are to benefit from a share of a £500 million investment announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) today.

A newly released report sheds light on the potential of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) to help the UK achieve its NetZero targets by 2050.

UCL launches biodiversity campaign to coincide with United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16).

Our latest cohort of students has visited the Francis Wall Oliver Research Centre at Blakeney Point in Norfolk as part of their field work. UCL has been taking biology students to its field station at the Old Lifeboat Station on Blakeney Point for more than a century.

We're honoured to announce Prof. Gail Taylor (Dean of Life Sciences, UCL) is the new Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN UK).

Sustainable development goals for water quality will not be met without the involvement of citizen scientists, argue an international team led by a UCL researcher, in a new policy brief.