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The Centre integrates world-leading expertise in environmental sciences, ecology, and plant biology around the themes of biodiversity and sustainability. Developing and building on our understanding of fundamental facts and principles, we seek solutions for a sustainable future with solid scientific foundations.
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26-02-2026
Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability
19-02-2026
Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability
Recent Publications
- Bumblebees learn to use antennal and tarsal taste to predict the presence of nectar rewards in flowers
Harrap MJM Parkinson RH Jones H Wright GA
Journal of Experimental Biology, The Company of Biologists vol. 228 (20)
15-10-2025 - Dietary niche shapes bacterial community in Indo-Pacific ants
Cunningham P Vesey R Chaudry-Phipps H Fayle TM Diara U Chomicki G Lestina D Tuma J et al.
Microbiology Spectrum, American Society For Microbiology vol. 13 (10), e01965-e01925.
03-09-2025 - Unoccupied mounds of soil-feeding termites host diverse soil fauna both in primary and logged tropical forests
Tuma J Yusah KM Fayle TM
Soil Ecology Letters, Springer Nature vol. 7 (3)
26-06-2025
Recent Grants
- Microclimate drivers of bee life histories: AI tracking to investigate bee climate responses
Madeleine Ostwald
£4,999 The Eva Crane Trust
01-01-2026 - 31-12-2026 - (BBSRC) M Hurwanth - Unlocking Drug Discovery Using AI to Explore use of Global Plant Diversity
Samuel Pironon
£136,489 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-10-2025 - 30-09-2029 - Funding to support PhD Wanda Bodna
J Iwan Jones
£5,000 ZSL Zoological Society of London
01-10-2025 - 30-09-2028