Lectures/Talks
Butterflies Through Time: Climate Change, Conservation & Historic Specimens
ZoomFree webinar with Matthew Hayes discussing how historical specimens and modern-day research allow wildlife of the past to inform conservation of the future. Combining historical specimens and modern-day research allows […]
Bees and Heatwaves: Preparing For A Warming World
ZoomFree webinar with Yanet Sepulveda and Isobel Sexton about a project investigating the impacts of extreme weather on bee populations. As heatwaves become more frequent and intense, it is essential […]
The Noble Jewel-wasp: The Range Expansion of a Brood Parasite
ZoomFree webinar with Aaron Bhambra looking at the potential reasons behind the range expansion of the Noble Jewel-wasp. The Noble Jewel-wasp (Hedychrum nobile) is a recent colonist to Great Britain, […]
Hoverfly Lagoons Project: A Journey into the Past, Present and Future
ZoomFree webinar with Dr Ellen Rotheray about the highly successful Hoverfly Lagoons project and introducing aquatic habitats into small spaces. The Hoverfly Lagoons project was invented in 2016 for the […]
Bees and Beyond: Ecosystem Services at a Garden Scale
ZoomFree webinar with Dr Linda Birkin exploring the importance of gardens for the wider environment in which they are nestled. Gardening success and invertebrate activity are deeply intertwined, for better […]
A World of Wasps: Researching the Ichneumonid Wasps
ZoomFree webinar delving into the understudied world of Ichneumonid wasps. Huge numbers of insects are hosts to parasitoid wasps, and one of the most successful groups of wasps is the […]
Sow Wild! and Insect Identification
ZoomFree webinar investigating the success of 'mini meadows' and testing the ability of citizen scientists to sample and identify insects. Habitat loss and fragmentation are considered the foremost threats in […]
Cave Spiders: Behavioural Adaptations in Webs, Foraging and Dispersal
ZoomFree webinar with Dr Thomas Hesselberg exploring behavioural adaptations in cave spiders. Web-building spiders are excellent model organisms to study the behavioural adaptations to novel habitats such as the dark […]