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Poaching of two Critically Endangered Kordofan giraffes per year could result in extinction in just 15 years within Cameroon's Bénoué National Park without intervention. These are the alarming new findings of a University of Bristol and…

An experiment on coral reefs provides the first evidence that predators use other animals for motion camouflage to approach their prey without detection.A new study provides the first experimental evidence that the trumpetfish, Aulostomus…

The results provide the first experimental evidence of spatial learning in any butterfly or moth species.The findings, published today in Current Biology, also suggest Heliconius butterflies may be able to learn spatial information at…

A remarkable new fossil from China reveals for the first time that a group of reptiles were already using whale-like filter feeding 250 million years ago.New research by a team from China and the UK has shown details of the skull of an…

The activity level of six bat species was significantly reduced at solar farm sites, researchers have observed.Their findings, published today in Journal of Applied Ecology, have the potential to impact and inform planning legislation and…

Financial services are an essential part of our everyday lives – from making payments, to borrowing money, taking out insurance, saving for the future and getting financial advice.But smaller businesses in the financial services sector…

Screening has reduced the incidence of bowel cancer finds a new study jointly led by researchers from the University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.The incidence of bowel cancer in the…

Three clinicians based in the Academic Respiratory Unit (ARU) have been successful in gaining prestigious and highly competitive clinical academic funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Medical…

The research project has shown that just one dose of gene therapy targeting cells in the kidney has the potential to cure a condition known as steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome.The research project received early funding from charity…

Researchers from University of Bristol have received funding to investigate whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be used to detect disease in dairy cows earlier.The project, is one of 14 projects to receive a share of £9m funding…