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Delve into disease outbreaks and...

6th October 2020

International conservation charity, Zoological Society of London, unveils 2020/21 science and conservation event schedule

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Remembering Professor Dame...

24th September 2020

Our friend and colleague Georgina Mace, who died this week aged 67, is remembered for her contribution to science – both at ZSL and beyond during...

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Hadn’t the froggiest

2nd September 2020

Scientists match unusual tadpoles to threatened horned frogs

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Healthy Wildlife Healthy People

9th April 2020

ZSL calls for urgent investment in research to prevent future pandemics.

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Covid-19: lack of research...

12th March 2020

Leading scientists call for substantial investment in wildlife health research.

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Humans not always to blame for...

28th January 2020

ZSL-led study shows genetic differences in African lions likely caused by ecological rather than human factors.

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Overuse of herbicides costing UK...

23rd December 2019

Widespread use of herbicides leading to resistant black-grass is costing UK millions in profit.

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Harbour porpoise calves exposed...

3rd December 2019

New ZSL study reveals mothers detoxify themselves by passing on most neurotoxic PCBs through lactation

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Badger behaviour inside the cull...

8th October 2019

ZSL study shows survivors of culls cover 61% greater areas, potentially increasing risk of transmission to cattle.

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New species of giant salamander...

16th September 2019

74-year-old museum specimen identified as a new species of giant salamander and probably the world’s biggest amphibian.

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