Check out this new paper that Jordan led with an incredible team of researchers across Newcastle University (including our very own Ben Hawthorne) and the University of Innsbruck, now published in Molecular Ecology Resources! Dietary RNA: integration of RNA data offers a potential paradigm shift for molecular dietary analyses It’s been just over two decades Continue reading "NEW PAPER: Dietary RN…
Check out this new preprint, now live on EcoEvoRxiv, from a collaboration co-led by Jordan and Yuval Cohen: Expanding the sentinel approach through multimodal integration: resolving underlying ecological processes with eDNA and computer vision Sentinel approaches can quantify in-field ecological interactions and processes in a semi-controlled way, also reducing bias and labour. The assignment of …
Check out this new paper published as an output of the Group on Insect Nutrition To Open Nutritional Innovative Challenges (GIN-TONIC) Cost Action! Jordan contributed to this alongside an incredible team of researchers spanning 15 institutions and 12 countries, and it’s now published in Journal of Insects as Food and Feed! Knowledge gaps in feeding Continue reading "NEW PAPER: Knowledge gaps in f…
A slightly belated update this month as we get things started for most of our field experiments for the calendar year and wrap up most of the marking for the academic year! There’s plenty going on, and even more to come soon! If you want to keep up with our updates every month (and occasional Continue reading "FERG News May 2026"
With fieldwork countdowns ticking and teaching slowly starting to wrap up for the academic year, we’ve had loads of exciting things coming into full bloom this month, much like the flowering plants dotting the trees, parks and roadsides throughout Newcastle! If you want to keep up with our updates every month (and in between), you Continue reading "FERG News April 2026"
We’re really excited to share the imminent launch of a new journal published by the Royal Entomological Society and Wiley: Approaches in Entomology! Insect science is a dynamic and continually evolving field, driven equally by the methods we develop, critique and use, and the philosophies that guide our investigations, interpretations and applications. Advances in technology Continue reading "Jor…
Check out this new preprint, now live on EcoEvoRxiv, from an ongoing collaboration with Forest Research on oak processionary moth biocontrol: Reintroducing a nationally extinct predator, the forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta), for biocontrol of the invasive oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) in Britain: considerations, benefits and risks The oak processionary moth (Thaumet…
Check out this new paper that Will led alongside his PhD supervisory team across Newcastle University, Fera Science Ltd and Nottingham Trent University! Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction Ecoacoustics can be used to monitor biodiversity across massive spatiotemporal scales, including in ecologically cryptic systems like s…
Join us for the first Dietary Interactions in Ecology Through Sequencing (DIETS) Symposium in Durham, UK, this July! Trophic interactions underpin the function, stability and diversity of our ecosystems, rendering their study vital for understanding, protecting and monitoring biodiversity. The last two decades have seen the rise and dominance of molecular methods for the analysis Continue reading…
After a wet and dreary February, we’re glad to welcome the return of spring and the various flora and fauna that come with it! With butterflies and bees spotted on the wing, we’re getting excited for a summer of fieldwork, adventures and other fun activities! In the meantime, we have loads of fun updates from Continue reading "FERG News March 2026"
The start of the year brought a large amount of snowfall to northeast England, but even this couldn’t keep us quiet! Alongside hosting visitors and chipping away at various projects, we’ve been out in the (very cold) field, publishing protocols and winning various grants to do some really exciting things over the year ahead! If Continue reading "FERG News February 2026"
As 2025 wraps up, we’re looking back on the last month of the year (and ahead to 2026)! We’ve had a great few weeks of festivities, successes and outings, all wrapped up below (although not with a nice festive bow, unfortunately). If you want to see a summary of our full year, check out our Continue reading "FERG News January 2026"
This year has been an incredible year of growth, collaboration and success for FERG, and certainly one we’ll look back on fondly! The group has grown (significantly!) just as we all have as researchers. We’re excited for another incredible year ahead! First though, we’ll recap some highlights from 2025… The people of FERG The group’s Continue reading "FERG Yearly Round-up 2025"
Check out our new preprint on bioRxiv, led collaboratively by Rosy and Rebecca, titled “Arthropod predator nutrient content changes with crop sowing period with implications for biocontrol“! This paper shows that the sowing time of crops can have important nutritional consequences for their arthropod communities, with the macronutrient contents of arthropod predators differing significantly betwe…
