Highlights

The Facility and some recently supported projects are highlighted on the following webpages:

• NERC PlanetEarth online Environmental Research News

• Jan 2011
  Promiscuous birds do better after reintroduction

• Aug 2010
  Barbastelle bats catch moths using stealth echolocation

• Winter 2010 Issue - Light-bellied Brent geese get cultural

• Spring 2010 Issue - British and Irish golden eagles are genetically uniform

• Feb 2010 (supported at Liverpool)
  First evidence found for Red Queen theory

• Winter 2009 issue - Researchers map penguin DNA

• Winter 2009 Issue - Wind-borne wasps pollinate trees 160km apart

• Winter 2009 Issue - Snowy and Kentish plover are not the same

• Summer 2009 Issue - New mosquito on the block

• Summer 2009 Issue - Escape to the city

• Winter 2008 Issue - Turbo-charger for photosynthesis in many grasses can turn on and off

• Spring 2008 Issue - A new wave of genetic research

• Spring 2008 Issue - Hawaii: extinction capital of the world

• Spring 2008 Issue - The new revolution

• Winter 2007 Issue - Fowl play

• Winter 2007 Issue - Silent birds
  

16th November 2010 Brent Geese Show Parents Know Best

• Science Daily

• Science codex

• PhysOrg

• Science News

20th April 2010 - New bat species found in the UK for the first time.

The work of Jan et al. (2010) received extensive coverage by several national newpapers, the BBC and many wildlife news websites:

• BBC News - Alcathoe's bat discovered in Yorkshire and Sussex

• The Guardian - Tiny bat found in Britain for first time

• New bat species discovered in UK for the first time
  

June 2009 species of Galápagos Islands threatened by mosquitoes.

The work of Bataille et al. (2009) received extensive coverage by several national newpapers, the BBC and many wildlife news websites: Reported by Steve Connor, Tuesday 2nd June 2009, The Independent.

• Unique species of Galápagos Islands threatened by mosquitoes.

Reported by Caroline Davis, 12th August 2009, The Guardian.

• Unique wildlife of Galapagos Islands under threat from mosquitoes hitching lift on tourist boats.
  

Reported by the Daily Mail, 13th August 2009

• Mosquito threat to giant tortoise.

Reported by Matt McGrath, 2nd June 2009, BBC News.

• Invasive mosquitoes threaten many Galapagos species.

Reported by WildlifeExtra.com online magazine.