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A new study has confirmed that beehive fences are highly effective in deterring African elephants from approaching small-scale farms in Kenya
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Beehive fences are highly effective in reducing human-elephant conflict
Elephants approaching small-scale farms in Kenya avoid beehive fences housing live honey bees up to 86% of the time during peak crop seasons

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University response to recent events in Israel, Gaza and the Middle East
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Moving the needle: How the ‘New York Times’ aims to guide readers through America’s most uncertain election
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Beware the love of the in-group
Julia Ebner discusses her current research on violent political extremism
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Autocrats and cities: how capitals have become a battleground for protest and control
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Seeing the wood and the trees
October 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the forest herbarium and xylarium in Oxford
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Reading in the Woods
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The challenges of writing Middle East history after 7 October: from Gaza to the climate crisis
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Alexander the Great, the Pontic Kingdom, and the rise of Rome
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University response to the invasion of Ukraine
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Beer blankets, beer snakes, and beer goggles: the revision of beer
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