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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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

Festive tidings from all at FERG! As the darker days sweep in, we’ve been getting cosy at conferences, writing retreats and our desks to present, prepare and publish some really exciting things over the coming months! Check out some of the highlights of our November below! New FERGers Welcome, Dheeraj, who has just started hisContinueContinue reading “FERG News December 2025”

We hope you had a great Arachtober (on a seasonal note, see Jordan’s failed attempt at reproducing the FERG logo on the side of a pumpkin below)! Over the last month, many of us have been settling into lab work for the winter or getting stuck into the new academic year. There are still plentyContinueContinue reading “FERG News November 2025”

Happy Arachtober! Given the various spider-related projects we have underway in FERG, it’s always a special time of year (and great for bizarre spider merchandise like the infuriating trend of shops selling ‘spider skeleton’ Halloween statues). We’ve had a busy month at conferences and workshops, and the new academic year has meant we have aContinueContinue reading “FERG News October 2025”

Another month of fieldwork and fun here in FERG! Alongside all of the various field experiments well under way, we’ve had some exciting adventures to conferences and courses, some new articles and protocols, and even a new (non-human) member of the group! New FERGers Welcome to our new trusty fieldwork trolley, Selina Go-mez! She’s beenContinueContinue reading “FERG News September 2025”