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More frequent and extreme marine heatwaves likely to threaten starfish
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Characterising wildlife consumers to guide behaviour change efforts provides optimism amid the Asian Songbird Extinction Crisis
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Nominate an Incredible Ecologist for the 2020 BES Awards
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Best of Belfast: highlights from the 2019 Annual Meeting
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2019 Annual Meeting Student Prize Winners
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New trustees elected to our Board
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Northern Ireland’s recovering pine marten population benefits red squirrels, but the urban grey squirrel poses a problem
READ MORE about Northern Ireland’s recovering pine marten population benefits red squirrels, but the urban grey squirrel poses a problem![Local traditional knowledge can be as accurate as 10 years of scientific transect monitoring of animal abundance in the Amazon](https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Lowland-paca-Cuniculus-paca.-Credit-Hani-El-Bizri-305x215.jpg)
Local traditional knowledge can be as accurate as 10 years of scientific transect monitoring of animal abundance in the Amazon
READ MORE about Local traditional knowledge can be as accurate as 10 years of scientific transect monitoring of animal abundance in the Amazon![Participation in citizen science camera trap project dramatically increased school children’s knowledge of UK mammals](https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Samantha-Mason-with-primary-school-children-taking-part-in-the-project-Samantha-Mason-305x215.jpg)
Participation in citizen science camera trap project dramatically increased school children’s knowledge of UK mammals
READ MORE about Participation in citizen science camera trap project dramatically increased school children’s knowledge of UK mammals![Invest in pollinator monitoring for long-term gain](https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/12/White-tailed-bumblebee-B.-lucorum-and-V.-zonaris-Tom-Breeze-305x215.jpg)
Invest in pollinator monitoring for long-term gain
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Making a difference
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Capturing Ecology – Winning images of British Ecological Society photography competition announced
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A year to look on with pride
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Nominations for 2019 BES awards are now open
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