News and Opinion - British Ecological Society

A new self-preserving filter housing automatically preserves eDNA, while reducing the risk of contamination, and creating less plastic waste.

Community knowledge can be as valuable as ecological knowledge when making environmental decisions

Giant petrels will be “temporary” climate change winners in the Antarctic region

Long-term research can help us to understand and conserve wildlife

Former president of the British Ecological Society, Professor Sue Hartley, has received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Private and fragmented forests in Costa Rica have similar bird communities to nature reserves

Periodic pulse harvesting best protects fish stocks whilst maximising benefits to fisheries.

The success of wildlife friendly refuges around farmers' fields depends on their neighbouring plants.

Seabird study reveals 'hotspots' where populations are most at risk from unsustainable fishing

Penguin behaviour linked to local fish numbers and could inform fishery management and marine conservation

Exposing endangered bilbies to predators before release can improve survival

A seaweed species cultivates microbes on its surface to protect itself from pathogens

Plants' genetics can be used to predict when their leaves burst bud in spring

The IPBES report lays out the scale and magnitude of the crisis we are facing in the natural world. The BES response explains why this matters.

Closely-related plant species can coexist despite competition through self-fertilization