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Beaver-built ponds are far more biodiverse than other wetlands, new research from the University of Stirling has revealed. Beaver-built ponds are far more biodiverse than other wetlands, new research ...

Experts from the University of Stirling have created a new tool to support families, businesses and professionals to make homes, premises and public places more accessible to an ageing population and ...

Young child learning in woodlands. Primary school pupils in Scotland spend less time playing and learning outdoors than they did before the Covid pandemic, according to new research by the University ...

A multidisciplinary team of scientists has been awarded £1.5m to develop an oral vaccine to combat sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon. The University’s Marine Environmental Research Laboratory (MERL) ...

Wild bumblebees are capable of logical reasoning, new research by a University of Stirling psychologist has found. The pioneering study tasked bees with spontaneously finding corresponding ...

Scientists at the University of Stirling have carried out the first study into co-pollution – where plastics in the sea act as carriers for other chemical contaminants, including ultraviolet (UV) ...

University of Stirling research has found that people with drug and alcohol problems experience positive changes when they take part in nature-based programmes. The University of Stirling has ...

Funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Collaboration with Can Tho University, Centre for Enviroment, Fisheries & Aquaculture, HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, ...

People tend to change the pitch of their voice depending on who they are talking to, and how dominant they feel, a study by the University of Stirling has found. People tend to change the pitch of ...

The prevalence of ticks in Scotland will increase by a quarter under the most optimistic climate change scenario, according to new modelling by mathematicians at the University of Stirling. The ...

Monocultures of some of the UK’s most economically important conifers may be more resilient to spring drought than mixed species forests, new research has shown. Monocultures of some of the UK’s most ...