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17 July 2025

Mayor of London visits Imperial Global Ghana to meet inspiring innovators

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09 July 2025

President Macron launches Imperial-CNRS joint engineering laboratory

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31 March 2025

New simulation of life on Earth reveals hidden diversity of undiscovered species

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03 March 2025

Local Windsor MP sees biodiversity research at Imperial’s Silwood Park

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09 January 2025

What Africa needs to do to meet biodiversity targets

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03 October 2024

True global impact of human-driven bird extinctions far greater than expected

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17 September 2024

Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves

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06 August 2024

Georgina Mace Centre Debate 2024 – securing a bright future for our planet

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06 August 2024

Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day inspires once again at Silwood Campus

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06 August 2024

Farmer-led badger vaccination could revolutionise mission to tackle bovine TB

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01 August 2024

Climate risks from exceeding 1.5°C reduced if warming swiftly reversed

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17 July 2024

Logged forests can still have ecological value – if not pushed too far

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16 July 2024

Eight things we learned about humans and technology at Tech Foresight Day 2024

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12 July 2024

Imperial scientists solve conservation problems with new mathematical techniques

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05 July 2024

Research on environmental risks of pet parasiticides receives President’s Award

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06 June 2024

Statement from UK scientists on nature as an election priority

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29 May 2024

‘Living fossils’ are unique, not ancient, say Imperial researchers

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17 May 2024

2024 Turner Kirk Trust Sprint Challenge call launch

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30 April 2024

Believing environmental damage is done by others can cause ‘race to the bottom’

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22 March 2024

Incentives for farmers recommended to aid England’s ailing rivers

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15 March 2024

Communities more likely to adopt conservation measures if their neighbours have

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06 March 2024

'Grow ecosystems, don't just plant trees!' says new Imperial report on nature

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08 December 2023

New hub to gather data on diseases spread by mosquitoes, ticks and other vectors

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09 October 2023

Imperial College London and CABI to forge new collaborations at Silwood Park

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29 August 2023

AI-enhanced audio monitoring shows where monkeys won’t go

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16 August 2023

Soils forming on the branches of trees are an overlooked forest habitat

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27 July 2023

Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day inspires once again at Silwood Park

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10 July 2023

Study shows same-sex behaviour is widespread and heritable in macaque monkeys

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27 June 2023

Monitoring British bats can help identify coronaviruses with pathogen potential

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29 May 2023

How forest fragmentation affects birds depends on their wings

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03 March 2023

When ‘good genes’ go bad: how sexual conflict can cause population collapse

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01 February 2023

Imperial startup Biocentis to develop genetic tech to control harmful insects

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30 January 2023

Sewage overspills result from lack of infrastructure investment, research shows

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09 January 2023

Forests recovering from logging act as a source of carbon

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14 December 2022

Study shows logged tropical forests are surprisingly vibrant and need protection

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13 December 2022

Prof. Faith Osier receives prestigious award for her contribution to Immunology

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11 November 2022

Imperial and partners launch the new Leverhulme Centre for the Holobiont

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11 November 2022

Sewage overspill in the Thames likely does not lead to COVID-19 risk, says study

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26 October 2022

Silwood science shines at 75th anniversary flagship celebration

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20 October 2022

Tiny Antarctic creatures provide US$8.6 billion of carbon storage via their poo

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19 October 2022

Podcast: Smashing atoms at the LHC, becoming a medic, and finding Arctic bees

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07 October 2022

Q&A: Helping the BBC film bumblebees in the Arctic

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03 October 2022

Professor Dan Davis appointed Head of Department for Life Sciences

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21 September 2022

Mosquitoes that can’t spread malaria engineered by scientists

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20 September 2022

Insights into two rare types of photosynthesis could boost crop production

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18 August 2022

Museum collections indicate bees increasingly stressed by changes in climate

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02 August 2022

Biodiversity crisis on the agenda: Silwood brings science and policy together

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27 July 2022

Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day enjoys record number of attendees on celebratory year

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08 July 2022

Restoring underwater meadows and sticky stick insects: News from the College

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24 June 2022

A new Network of Excellence in Fungal Science is launched at Imperial

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13 June 2022

Bacterial intimacy insights could help tackle antimicrobial resistance

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06 June 2022

Silwood Park campus celebrates its 75th anniversary

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01 June 2022

REF 2021: a huge thank you from FoNS Dean, Professor Richard Craster

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25 May 2022

Imperial biochemist elected to Australian Academy of Science

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24 May 2022

Imperial climate experts warn Italian Ambassador about threats to Venice

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20 May 2022

World Bee Day: Imperial bee scientists share their research

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19 May 2022

COVID-19 poo test for bats may help pandemic monitoring and conservation efforts

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18 May 2022

Podcast: HIV vaccine progress, COVID and brains, and saving Brazil’s forests

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29 April 2022

Ocean carbon and plastic-eating microbes: News from the College

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31 March 2022

Professor Dame Georgina Mace awarded posthumous honorary degree

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10 March 2022

STEM for Britain: Imperial researchers showcase their research in Parliament

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07 March 2022

Creating a FoNS ECR data science network: meet our new Ambassadors

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25 February 2022

Modified mosquitoes and ‘zombie’ cells: News from the College

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24 February 2022

Body measurements for all 11,000 bird species released in open-access database

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08 February 2022

Genes that may be helping bumblebees adapt to environmental change pinpointed

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10 January 2022

New £10m centre to explore links between organisms and their microbiomes

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23 December 2021

Sheep studies and community coalescence: News from the College

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15 December 2021

Study of Antarctic ice’s deep past shows it could be more vulnerable to warming

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14 December 2021

Visually stunning tree of all known life unveiled online

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16 November 2021

COP26: The time for delivery is now, say Imperial experts

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28 October 2021

Powerful street art unveiled highlighting species loss and climate change

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21 October 2021

Owl unseen for 150 years photographed in the wild for the first time

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03 September 2021

Georgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet launches at Silwood Park

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01 September 2021

Dog vaccination essential for preventing rabies spread to humans and animals

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24 August 2021

Discovery of mobile disease detectors in plants could boost crop resilience

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23 August 2021

Major funding boost for White City-based startup Arborea

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23 August 2021

Imperial’s new Saturday Science Club inspires families in White City

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18 August 2021

Podcast: Wildfires, climate action tipping points, and helping stroke patients

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18 August 2021

Bee flight suffers under temperature extremes

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09 August 2021

Major new report shows widespread, rapid and intensifying climate change

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07 August 2021

Future of UK Treescapes Programme launches with £10.5 million for new research

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28 July 2021

Malarial mosquitoes suppressed in experiments that mimic natural environments

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28 July 2021

Donation enables new PhD project into how soil can help us tackle climate change

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09 June 2021

Warmer temperatures lessen COVID-19 spread, but control measures still needed

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20 May 2021

UK COVID-19 transmission shifted towards emerging variants in Spring

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20 May 2021

Bee Kind: Imperial scientists’ efforts to protect pollinators

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29 April 2021

Researchers have devised a new sampling method for the elusive hazel dormouse

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02 March 2021

International recognition for Imperial ecologist

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05 February 2021

How is effective lab management integral to the research process?

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04 December 2020

Chinese water deer introduced to UK may be valuable to restoring numbers in Asia

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04 December 2020

Twisting light and COVID treatment: News from the College

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08 October 2020

Severe COVID-19 infection linked to overactive immune cells

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25 September 2020

Imperial pays tribute to eminent ecologist Georgina Mace

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24 September 2020

Deforestation squeezes top predators in forest streams

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24 September 2020

Genome of Alexander Fleming’s original penicillin-producing mould sequenced

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07 September 2020

Ancient bony fish forces rethink of how sharks evolved

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02 September 2020

Q&A with Imperial student start-up Synthesea

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05 August 2020

Herbivores, not predators, most at risk of extinction

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03 August 2020

Eurofins Foundation prizes awarded to Life Sciences students

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31 July 2020

New smartphone game lets you solve real-world ecological puzzles

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20 July 2020

More flowers and pollinator diversity could help protect bees from parasites

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24 June 2020

Mapping coronavirus in sewage could reveal disease hotspots

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15 June 2020

Could Africa have a sustainable palm industry?

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01 May 2020

Imperial community pays tribute to Lord Robert May (1936-2020)

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04 March 2020

Pesticides impair baby bee brain development

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02 March 2020

Imperial to lead transition to zero pollution

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13 February 2020

For bacteria, your community determines whether you evolve or not

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31 January 2020

Saving salmon and coronavirus outbreak: News from the College

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05 December 2019

Wildlife in tropics hardest hit by forests being broken up

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26 November 2019

Pollinators: The unsung heroes of human health

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12 November 2019

Bacteria may contribute more to climate change as planet heats up

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16 August 2019

Bugs! Day expands to include Birds and Beasts with roaring success

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14 August 2019

What a group of bizarre-looking bats can tell us about the evolution of mammals

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12 August 2019

Plants could remove six years of carbon dioxide emissions – if we protect them

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11 June 2019

The best marine protected areas also promote human wellbeing

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04 June 2019

Gene mutation to cope with modern diets may help protect against diabetes

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20 May 2019

World Bee Day: the buzz around Imperial’s research

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09 May 2019

Birds outside their comfort zone are more vulnerable to deforestation

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02 May 2019

Scientists explore the evolution of animal homosexuality

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30 April 2019

Pesticide exposure causes bumblebee flight to fall short

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12 April 2019

Interdisciplinary and international research encouraged with prestigious grants

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29 March 2019

Scientists trial drones to protect coffee plants from devastating fungal disease

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25 March 2019

Universities can help create next generation of women entrepreneurs

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13 March 2019

Only 149 trees of a wild apple species found alive

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28 November 2018

Scientist bringing Brazil’s biodiversity back from the brink up for impact award

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11 September 2018

Marine ‘biodiversity crisis’ tackled with new database of conservation plans

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29 August 2018

The more pesticides bees eat, the more they like them

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20 July 2018

How plants use carbon affects their response to climate change

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27 June 2018

City bees outbreed their country cousins

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18 June 2018

Sister species of birds reveal clues to how biodiversity evolves

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31 May 2018

Why do older male birds father more illegitimate children?

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24 April 2018

We still don’t know how strange celibate animals evolve

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19 April 2018

Small changes in rainforests cause big damage to fish ecosystems

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19 December 2017

Untouched forests fight climate change, but face threats

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04 December 2017

Medium-sized carnivores most at risk from environmental change

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25 October 2017

Global biodiversity conservation does save species, but could be done smarter

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11 September 2017

Birds' unique skulls linked to young dinosaur brains

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05 September 2017

Leaf size shrinks with latitude to avoid cold snaps

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16 August 2017

Podcast: Cassini's farewell, the myth of 'fat but fit' and bugs galore

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31 July 2017

Biggest ever 'Bugs! Day' held at Silwood Park campus

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18 May 2017

Imperial academic puts community at the heart of malaria elimination project

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03 May 2017

Climate change gets personal at Imperial Festival

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26 April 2017

Drones that detect early plant disease could save crops

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05 April 2017

Scientists collaborate on aquatic ecology experiments across Europe

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