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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.

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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

Nottingham Trent University’s Professor Dawn Scott has been invited to join a panel of experts to help to create a list of UK wildlife which could feature on the Bank of England’s next series of banknotes.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/03/academic-will-help-decide-uk-wildlife-to-feature-on-new-banknotes

A rare and rapidly-declining native tree species which can be found on floodplains has been planted at Nottingham Trent University’s Brackenhurst Campus in the hope that it can be used in future floodplain habitat restoration.

ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/03/creating-sustainable-supply-of-declining-tree-species-will-support-floodplain-habitat-restoration