BU Biology & Zoology

Hugely excited to announce that @SteveBackshall will be joining the teaching team @BangorUni !!!!! Presenter and explorer, Steve Backshall, known for programmes such as Deadly 60, Expedition & Blue Planet Live, will lecture on conservation, zoology & wildlife filming industry

Remembering a stalwart of the @BangorBirdGroup. Enid Griffith attended meetings of the @North_Wales_WT @Natures_Voice Cambrian Ornithological Society, Alpine Garden Society and the @nationaltrust. She supported @TreborthBG and attended bird group lectures well into her 90s. 🫡

Synchronised breathing spreads diseases for Bottlenose dolphins and other cetaceans. New research contributions from @BangorUni staff bangor.ac.uk/news/2025-06-1… (pic janeb13)

Hello 'Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, the newly discovered tyrannosaur ancestor' that revises the family tree bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

How much space does an elephant need? New British Zoo standards theconversation.com/what-the-new-b… join the debate #Zoology @BangorUni

Sign up @BangorBirdSoc A week staying in this amazing place

Founder of the #NoMowMay movement and ex @BangorUni student Dr Trevor Dines has been on campus this week! Trevor helps teach our Conservation students!

And relax! #fingerpostfriday taken on Anglesey nr @BangorUni 🩵

Today is the 99th (!) birthday of one of the world's greatest naturalists and one of Bangor University’s most famous honorary graduates – Sir David Attenborough! If Sir David has inspired your interest in the wonders of the natural world show your support #SirDavidAttenborough

You just need a little ring of fungi and they will come!🧚‍♀️🧚They also like acorns, to make hats 😁💚

Just your usual @BangorUni @BangorPeacocks 🩷🌈

#FlowersOnFriday Anglesey near @BangorUni Study natural sciences with this on your doorstep @StudyWales @BangorUni_Intl #Geography #Zoology #EnvironmentScience #Conservation #Forestry

Is this a case of "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should."? 🦖DNA from extinct species extracted to create 3 wolf pups with the DNA signatures of dire wolves! theconversation.com/return-of-the-… via @ConversationUK

One of our students Ros is on placement with the incredible @HorstmannTrust Here she is with one of their ambassador birds. All our courses have the option to do a placement. Spread your wings with @BangorUni @BangorUni_Intl @BangorBirds vultures.ngo

#SpringStatement

Lovely walk up, around and down Conwy mountain in the mist yesterday. All ready to talk to the 3rd year zoology students @BangorBioZoo this morning about how I work with conservation organisations to help spread the word and raise funds through art, science, folklore & history

What do you all think!? #gcsenaturalhistory

'Scarred'. What is war doing to the wondrous black soil of #Ukraine️? Listen now on @BBCSounds as @christiandunn from @BangorUni walks us through the battle scarred land. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

“No place has the blessings that Bangor does.” “You can’t build Eryri, you can’t build the Menai Strait or Anglesey. What you’ve got here is absolutely unparalleled.” 🏔️🌊 @stevebackshall | Steve Backshall student Q&A session 🎤

Work on a research paper by staff at @BangorUni and Reading Uni has also been published in @ConversationUK theconversation.com/what-deer-poo-… @BUForestry @amygresham48

'What marine animal would you be terrified of, if it had legs?' Packed Q&A with @SteveBackshall who as always gives us his time for no more than a curry