Environment and Sustainability Institute

Study explores why Indigenous communities may accept oil extraction despite its harms

The uneven distribution of oil extraction's impacts and benefits helps explain why some Indigenous communities accept it, newly published research...

Professor Kevin Gaston awarded honorary membership of British Ecological Society

University of Exeter researcher Professor Kevin Gaston has been awarded honorary membership of the British Ecological Society (BES) – the...

Scientists increasingly depend on ‘black-box’ tools they cannot control or fully understand 

Scientists are increasingly relying on powerful data sources and tools that they often cannot fully understand, inspect or verify, according to a...

Study investigates mystery of Arabian Sea humpback whales

A new study explores the mysterious behaviour of the Arabian Sea’s humpback whales – the only humpbacks not thought to...