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New project aims to transform how wildlife trade is monitored and managed.

New project aims to transform how wildlife trade is monitored and managed

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A chimpanzee sits on the floor of a forest, with an infant chimpanzee at its side. The adult is holding a stone in its left hand and is moving it towards a larger stone on the ground in front of it, with the infant observing. Behind is another chimpanzee.

Study shows that chimpanzees perform the same complex behaviours that have brought humans success

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The seed capsule of a squirting cucumber has detached from the plant and is suspended in midair. The seeds are being ejected in a jet of mucilage.

New study reveals the explosive secret of the squirting cucumber

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An orange wolf-like animal stretches its head upwards to lick the flowers of an Ethiopian red hot poker plant. The plant has a long slender stem with a tube-like flowerhead at the end made up of many orange and yellow tubular flowers.

Ethiopian wolves reported to feed on nectar for the first time

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Flowers at Christchurch, an Oxford University College, with the Tom Tower in the background.

Oxford welcomes Colombian universities to the Nature Positive Universities Alliance

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A herd of African elephants approaches across a Savannah landscape.

New study confirms beehive fences are highly effective in reducing human-elephant conflict

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An Indigenous Brazilian young man from Guarani ethnicity in native dress stands in the rainforest.

New guidance on conservation and human rights launched today at United Nations biodiversity conference COP16

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Study finds that better ocean connectivity boosts reef fish populations

Study finds that better ocean connectivity boosts reef fish populations

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A globe on a forest floor.

Oxford University academics to advocate for ambitious nature recovery actions at UN biodiversity conference

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Piles of petri dishes with bacterial colonies growing on culture media.

New research network unites Oxford University’s global fight against antimicrobial resistance

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