• The prevalence of current and potential future infrastructure in sites of conservation importance
    It is widely accepted that human activity has altered much of the natural habitat across the world. However, until now the extent of human infrastructure in sites important for biodiversity has been less...
  • New seabird study adds new perspective on how tracking data can identify important sites for conservation
    During the recent global summit on biodiversity, world leaders committed to protecting 30% of the world’s oceans for nature . But which 30% of the oceans should be protected to safeguard the most vulnerable...
  • We will if you will... use data to drive conservation action
    Man ‘flu has slowed me down this week. And I was sorry, today, to miss Environment Secretary Liz Truss’ first major speech (see below) since the election. It was a very different sort of speech with...
  • Tracking the elusive Leach’s storm petrel on St Kilda
    Today’s blog is by Conservation Scientist, Connie Tremlett, on her recent field work on the remote island of St Kilda tracking a tiny seabird The Leach’s storm petrel is one of our smallest seabirds...
  • Linking foraging and breeding strategies in tropical seabirds
    As part of our research collaboration with the RSPB we challenged the widespread view that tropical seabirds forage more unpredictably than temperate and polar species, and we tested the hypothesis that...