Three LCAB researchers enjoyed success at this year's Botanical University Challenge, facing down Reading and Kew Gardens but were ultimately bested by Cambridge.

It was a busy summer for LCAB. Staff and students represented the centre at a number of national and international events.

Dr Inês Martins, of York’s Department of Biology, has been awarded a prestigious University Research Fellowship (URF) from the Royal Society.

Humans have been an important driver of vegetation change over thousands of years, and, in some places, had positive impacts on biodiversity, according to a new study.

A successful Dragons' Den Style Pitching Session was held in The Guildhall Council Chamber, the culmination of YESI's Interdisciplinary Research Training Programme, "Building interdisciplinary research culture to tackle environmental sustainability challenges: From novice to ninja"

Being nursed by a single parent could be an evolutionary strategy to curb the spread of harmful microbes in mammals, according to a novel theory developed by mathematicians.

LCAB Director Lindsey Gillson was part of a group of researchers who have taken an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the complexities of Karoo landscapes.

Professor Robert Costanza has been awarded the prestigious Blue Planet Prize for his work studying the economic importance of intact natural ecosystems on society.

Julia Schauerman and Theo Tomking recently exhibited their final piece of work as part of the LCAB Artist in Residence scheme.

We were delighted to welcome world renowned researcher Erle Ellis to LCAB to share his work with us.

Professor Lindsey Gillson is the new Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity. Here we talk with her about balancing the good and bad of human impact on planet Earth.

Nature conservation is successful in halting and reversing biodiversity loss, according to the findings of a major new study co-authored by a University of York academic.

Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other species breeding together almost 200,000 years ago.

PhD student Molly Brown shares her takeaways from the ‘Introduction to News Media’ session run by the Science Media Centre.

PhD student Chantal Berry writes about her experiences at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and how they have inspired her current research.