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), youContinue 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 technologyContinue 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) isContinue 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, yetContinue 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 analysisContinue 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 fromContinue 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! IfContinue 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 ourContinue 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 aContinue reading "FERG Yearly Round-up 2025"
New preprint: Arthropod predator nutrient content changes with crop sowing period with implications for biocontrol
Check out our new preprint on bioRxiv, led collaboratively by Rosy and Rebecca, titled "Arthropod predator nutrient content changes with crop sowing period with implications for biocontrol"! This paper shows that the sowing time of crops can have important nutritional consequences for their arthropod communities, with the macronutrient contents of arthropod predators differing significantly betweenContinue reading "New preprint: Arthropod predator nutrient content changes with crop sowing period with implications for biocontrol"
Foraging Ecology Research Group 