Assuming you’re not a biologist or ethologist, when you read the words “ group living ,” what comes to your mind? A sloppy ...

Wytham woods near Oxford has the densest badger population of Badgers in the world. BBC Oxford's Tim Bearder went to see if he could track some down.

Professor Ben Sheldon (Department of Biology, University of Oxford), who leads the long-term bird study in Wytham Woods, commented, "Our work here shows, once again, that tracking individuals over ...

A recent study has found that forests with dense canopies, including Oxford's Wytham Woods, can partially shield ground-level plants from the local effects of global warming.

On 27 April 1947, the first Great Tit egg of the year was counted in the University of Oxford's 'living laboratory' at Wytham Woods. It was to be the start of a deep and on-going relationship ...

Wytham Woods are often quoted as being one of the most researched pieces of woodland in the world. Covering 1000 acres, they are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The Wytham Woods' Great Tit research is the longest continuous study of an individually-marked animal population in the world.

Armed with a speaker system and a bucket full of peanuts, wildlife ecologist Liana Zanette hiked into the Wytham Woods with just one mission: to terrorize some woodland creatures with recordings ...

Life Enter an ecologist's playground with the birdman of Wytham Woods Ben Sheldon runs the world's longest-running field study of birds. On a walk in the woods he tells us about the surprises it's ...

For many reasons it can claim to be Oxford University’s most magnificent laboratory. Surely no other ‘lab’ comes close to rivalling Wytham Woods in terms of natural beauty, the diversity of ...