Coverage @cheltscifest Sat 10am Sun 8am @AdamHartScience @uniofglos tours site with me @jojo_durrant on events/Speakers plus podcast #jdbu both @radiowinch @cheltfestivals

Today @CheltSciFest starts till Sun Recording Thurs and Fri. Looking forward to seeing @jojo_durrant & @AdamHartScience Amongst others

An unusual and sad sight - what appears to be an erythristic badger, dead by the road in Gloucestershire

If you’re looking for a podcast that balances discussing predator ecology with how local communities are involved in conservation, we highly recommend the BBC’s Tooth and Claw series, hosted by Deadly Balance author @AdamHartScience: bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct6sw5

Wouldn't it be good if all the heat and smoke generated over these bans - which successive governments have now realised will do harm and quietly shelved - was devoted to actual conservation?

Great to have this letter out in tomorrow's Guardian - in reply to rampant misinformation from Ban Trophy Hunting. With @AmyDickman4 @DanChallender @dilysroe theguardian.com/environment/…

New book chapter alert! I explore the economics and future of trophy hunting in a new book critically examining the economics of animals. Open access - links in the link below glos.ac.uk/content/uog-wildl…

🎧 Ep 276 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out on now: 🤩 Dr Sarah Bearchell talks about her new book The Future of Agriculture 🎲 A 2025 @CheltSciFest piece with @Kit_Yates_Maths talking about predictions  📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.…

After 12 yrs as Prof of Science Communication at @uniofglos I’ve updated my title to Prof of Conservation Ecology. My work has increasingly focused on conservation science (especially in southern Africa), so this better reflects what I do day to day, & where my research sits.

🎧 Ep 276 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds: 🤩 Dr Sarah Bearchell returns to talk about book The Future of Agriculture 🎲 Highlight from 2025 @CheltSciFest with @Kit_Yates_Maths on predictions  📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.…

🎧 Ep 273 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out now: 🤩 @RachaelRow talks about her book ‘A Science Lovers Guide To London’, programming @SturminsterF & Quick Six 🦋 Story of a large butterfly @GrantMuseum 📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.…

Yesterday I enjoyed being back at FameLab Academy run by @cheltfestivals where it’s a privilege to be a judge. Year 9 pupils from local schools talking for 3 mins on a science topic of their choice. It was also a joy to be with fellow judge @AdamHartScience and host @JamieBGall

Good to see Namibia standing up and saying out loud what many think - other nations may well follow observer24.com.na/namibia-re…

Wow...slowest of slow news days 🤣 Common bird seen in favourable habitat for it. herefordtimes.com/news/25856…

SA’s real hunting, conservation story dailyfriend.co.za/2026/01/27… (My latest column: Adam Cruise does not like trophy hunting. Neither do I. But unlike him, I don’t conceal important statistics to try to denounce it.)

The voices of African nations have been ignored in the trophy hunting debate. It is good to see the ambassadors of 5 African nations standing up to the UK government and calling it out for what it is - hypocritical & neocolonial. dailymail.co.uk/news/article…

Realised what people- especially on Facebook- being taken in by sentimental AI slop pictures reminds me off: the Cottingley Fairies incident.

🎧 Ep 265 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds: 🤩 Amelia Thomas on listening to animals for book ‘What Sheep Think About The Weather’ 🪸 My chat with @Russell_Arnott at 2025 @CheltSciFest about oceans  📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.…

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This is the level of human wildlife conflict in India - 22 people killed by a single elephant. Remember- most of these incidents there, and elsewhere around the world, never get reported. theguardian.com/world/2026/j…