News News stories View news articles and press releases from the Molecular Ecology Laboratory. Search Salmon of steel: Sheffield steel sculpture celebrates salmon's return to River Don Researchers are using river water eDNA samples to monitor the return of the iconic Atlatic salmon to Yorkshire and identify barriers to their migration. 16 September 2020 Older male house sparrows are better than younger males at “cheating” on their mate New research involving the University of Sheffield takes us one step closer to understanding why older male birds are more successful at “cheating” on their mate than younger males. 8 January 2019 Today Program Nature Notes, BBC Radio 4 Dr Dawson talks about the Otter project. 9 December 2017 Credit: Josh Jaggard (photographer) How otters came home to the Peak District With an otter caught on camera in the Peak Distrct for the very first time, Sarah Freeman meets the team charting one of English nature's real success stories. 14 November 2017 | Yorkshire Post Wild otter caught on film in Peak District for first time Scientists at the University of Sheffield have captured the first ever footage of a wild otter in the Peak District as part of a study which could help recovering otter populations. 9 November 2017 Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »
