Category Archives: FERG News

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”

After a quieter newsletter last month, with everyone out in the field, stuck into their lab work or away at conferences, we’ve had all sorts coming through in July! From new papers, through graduations, to various field adventures, read on for a full update! We have a fun puzzle based on degenerate DNA sequences thisContinueContinue reading “FERG News August 2025”

It’s been such a busy month that this is almost an August news update! Most of us have been busy in the field or lab lately, so there’s a little less to update you all on from June, but plenty going on and lots of exciting things to come from it all soon! Read belowContinueContinue reading “FERG News July 2025”

It’s been another busy month, with plenty of fieldwork underway, some new faces and some nice new outputs! Read below for all of the recent updates, some other things we’d like to share and a foraging logic puzzle to keep you busy! New FERGers We have the immense pleasure of welcoming Eva Benkhoff to ourContinueContinue reading “FERG News June 2025”

It’s been a busy month, with all sorts of great things going on and starting up, so we thought it might be fun to share some of this through a new monthly news post! With plenty of us out in the field, prepping for fieldwork, busy in the lab or out disseminating our research, readContinueContinue reading “FERG News May 2025”