The rise of generative AI has accelerated content creation across sectors, including education and academia. While these tools can streamline workflows and support learning, their use by students to complete assignments poses risks to academic integrity. This case study quantitatively evaluated the …

Journal of Insect Conservation - Pollinators are declining globally, partly due to habitat loss and fragmentation - which may be exacerbated by urbanisation. Species differ in functional traits...

This study analyses 50 years of bird ringing data from Hilbre Bird Observatory to investigate how local weather affects migratory timing and stopover behaviour. A key novel finding is the interactive....

Guest post by  René Aquarius, PhD Department of Neurosurgery Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Ne...

Sharing project outcomes for practitioners comes with a number of hurdles and barriers, but the benefits far outway these. We argue for a shift to open sharing of grey literature.

The RSPB is offering a variety of exciting research projects for postgraduate students in 2026.

PhD Project - Should I stay or should I go: Drivers of variation in population performance of a migratory bird (Pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca) as a proxy for monitoring wider climate and habitat...

This study analyses a 25-year bird ringing dataset from Spurn Bird Observatory to assess how climate change affects migratory bird arrival times and species abundance. While there was a weak associat...

PhD Project - Should I stay or should I go: Drivers of variation in population performance of a migratory bird (Pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca) as a proxy for monitoring wider climate and habitat...