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Ecological restoration is booming worldwide as a climate solution. It is often presented as a straightforward fix for environmental damage—but it’s not that simple. Dr Antonio Uzal – Associate Professor of Conservation Biology in NTU’s School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences – discusses how dominant Western technical and science-driven approaches could be unintentionally reinforcing power imbalances and marginalising local and indigenous knowledge.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/06/bridging-the-gap-between-people-and-nature-the-need-for-biocultural-approaches-to-restoration

Researchers have carried out an international study examining how interactions between people, free-roaming dogs and wildlife at urban tourist destinations may create opportunities for parasite transmission.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/06/tourist-hotspots-could-be-creating-new-routes-for-parasite-transmission

About 7% of the entire population of the world’s rarest great ape are estimated to have been killed by landslides in a storm that was worsened by climate change, a new study has found.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/06/climate-change-fuelled-landslides-push-rarest-great-ape-closer-to-extinction

Divers have filmed a rare interaction with a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea. Dr Nicholas Ray, an expert in great white shark population dynamics in Nottingham Trent University's School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, discusses the significance of the sighting and what it might mean for the species' continued conservation.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/06/the-ghosts-of-the-mediterranean-what-a-rare-great-white-shark-sighting-could-reveal-about-a-changing-ocean

Nottingham Trent University, working in collaboration with industry partners, has been named winner of an international award which aims to recognise innovative, sustainable solutions in the animal feed sector.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/06/ntu-named-sustainability-impact-award-winner-for-innovative-animal-feed-work

The public are being asked to give their views on a selection of wildlife, native to the UK, that will appear on the next series of banknotes in a consultation launched today.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/06/public-asked-to-help-select-uk-wildlife-to-appear-on-new-banknote-series

More than 200 people attended the Nottingham Green Partnership Exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary this month, exploring how art and creativity can help communicate sustainability research in new and accessible ways.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/05/nottingham-green-partnership-exhibition-brings-sustainability-research-to-life-through-art-and-community-engagement

Why do we need zoos? Zoo animal welfare researcher Professor Samantha Ward explains

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/04/why-do-we-need-zoos

Scattering black soldier fly larvae in pens as enrichment increases the activity and natural behaviours of fast-growing broiler chickens and could improve poultry health and welfare, a Nottingham Trent University study suggests.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/04/scattered-insects-offer-practical-boost-to-poultry-welfare,-new-research-shows

Can zoos change hearts and minds? Zoo ticketholders are being invited to be part of a global research project into how zoo visitors respond to visits.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/03/visitors-urged-to-join-a-survey-that-may-shape-the-future-of-zoos