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FERG News May 2026

A slightly belated update this month as we get things started for most of our field experiments for the calendar year and wrap up most of the marking for the academic year! There’s plenty going on, and even more to come soon! If you want to keep up with our updates every month (and occasionalContinueContinue reading “FERG News May 2026”

FERG News April 2026

With fieldwork countdowns ticking and teaching slowly starting to wrap up for the academic year, we’ve had loads of exciting things coming into full bloom this month, much like the flowering plants dotting the trees, parks and roadsides throughout Newcastle! If you want to keep up with our updates every month (and in between), youContinueContinue reading “FERG News April 2026”

Jordan leads the launch of a new journal: Approaches in Entomology!

We’re really excited to share the imminent launch of a new journal published by the Royal Entomological Society and Wiley: Approaches in Entomology! Insect science is a dynamic and continually evolving field, driven equally by the methods we develop, critique and use, and the philosophies that guide our investigations, interpretations and applications. Advances in technologyContinueContinue reading “Jordan leads the launch of a new journal: Approaches in Entomology!”

New preprint: Reintroducing a nationally extinct predator, the forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta), for biocontrol of the invasive oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) in Britain: considerations, benefits and risks

Check out this new preprint, now live on EcoEvoRxiv, from an ongoing collaboration with Forest Research on oak processionary moth biocontrol: Reintroducing a nationally extinct predator, the forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta), for biocontrol of the invasive oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) in Britain: considerations, benefits and risks The oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea; OPM) isContinueContinue reading “New preprint: Reintroducing a nationally extinct predator, the forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta), for biocontrol of the invasive oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) in Britain: considerations, benefits and risks”

NEW PAPER: Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction

Check out this new paper that Will led alongside his PhD supervisory team across Newcastle University, Fera Science Ltd and Nottingham Trent University! Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction Ecoacoustics can be used to monitor biodiversity across massive spatiotemporal scales, including in ecologically cryptic systems like soil, yetContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction”

Join us for the DIETS Symposium!

Join us for the first Dietary Interactions in Ecology Through Sequencing (DIETS) Symposium in Durham, UK, this July! Trophic interactions underpin the function, stability and diversity of our ecosystems, rendering their study vital for understanding, protecting and monitoring biodiversity. The last two decades have seen the rise and dominance of molecular methods for the analysisContinueContinue reading “Join us for the DIETS Symposium!”

FERG News March 2026

After a wet and dreary February, we’re glad to welcome the return of spring and the various flora and fauna that come with it! With butterflies and bees spotted on the wing, we’re getting excited for a summer of fieldwork, adventures and other fun activities! In the meantime, we have loads of fun updates fromContinueContinue reading “FERG News March 2026”

FERG News February 2026

The start of the year brought a large amount of snowfall to northeast England, but even this couldn’t keep us quiet! Alongside hosting visitors and chipping away at various projects, we’ve been out in the (very cold) field, publishing protocols and winning various grants to do some really exciting things over the year ahead! IfContinueContinue reading “FERG News February 2026”

FERG News January 2026

As 2025 wraps up, we’re looking back on the last month of the year (and ahead to 2026)! We’ve had a great few weeks of festivities, successes and outings, all wrapped up below (although not with a nice festive bow, unfortunately). If you want to see a summary of our full year, check out ourContinueContinue reading “FERG News January 2026”

FERG Yearly Round-up 2025

This year has been an incredible year of growth, collaboration and success for FERG, and certainly one we’ll look back on fondly! The group has grown (significantly!) just as we all have as researchers. We’re excited for another incredible year ahead! First though, we’ll recap some highlights from 2025… Many of us together for aContinueContinue reading “FERG Yearly Round-up 2025”