Last month Lara, Andrea and Moreno attended the final INF-ACT annual meeting [ https://inf-act.it/event_roma2025.php ], presenting the results from three years of work. Lara presented here ongoing work on "Modelling the ecological drivers of West Nile virus in Italy" in a poster, introducing a predictive, macroecological approach to model the risk of WNV spillover in humans across Italian municipalities, featuring also her recently published paper on Culex pipiens distribut

Our postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Chiara Dragonetti, recently participated as a teacher at the ManGrowth Summer School ( link ) held in October on Inhaca Island, Mozambique. The ManGrowth project focuses on the study and conservation of the rich biodiversity within the island’s mangrove ecosystems. During her stay, Dr. Dragonetti trained students in the use of camera traps to monitor mammal populations and employed mist nets to capture and study bats. The project’s goal was to

On the 28th of August the new learning module “Scenarios on Climate Change” was launched on the European Nature Academy website, and it...

Last week Marta and Moreno went to the other side of world to attend the 32nd ICCB congress in Brisbane Australia. A total of six...

On June 10th, SCB Italy launched the first round of this year’s BioSpritz initiative —a series of informal yet enriching events designed...

Last week our BGC Lab team packed its bags and headed to L’Aquila for the 2nd Italian Conference for Early Career Researchers in...

" Opportunities and challenges for Common Agricultural Policy reform to support the European Green Deal " has been recognized as one of...

Another conference, another opportunity for the BGC lab to share its exciting research! Just last week, some BGC lab members joined the...

The BGC Lab recently contributed to the "In Praise of Diversity - Journey through Italian Ecosystems" exhibition, focusing on the...

Last week, some BGC lab members took part in the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting   (BES 2024) held in Liverpool, UK. With more...

Our BGC lab members just finished a day of meetings at Lake Albano in the Castelli Romani Regional Park . It was the perfect chance for...

Did you know there's a whole Italian congress dedicated to mammals’ research? From the 3rd to the 5th of July, some BGC Lab members...

Last week, the BGC research lab participated in the 7th European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB 2024) held in Bologna, Italy....

On March 16 the town hall of Velletri hosted a conference on "Protecting Biodiversity in the Castelli Romani Park", with a focus on the...

Today is International Mountain Day! Mountain ecosystems suffer from climate change and human impact all over the world, but their...

At the end of July the BGC lab members joined the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) in Kigali, Rwanda, to present...

Yesterday saw the conclusion of the first Italian conference for Early Career Researchers in conservation science, organised by SCB Italy...

Asiatic lions, Grévy's zebras and pygmy hippos. These were some of the protagonists of last Saturday’s educational event organised by SBC...

On October 27th, some members of our team, Federica Villa, Andrea Tonelli, Andrea Sacchi and Chiara Dragonetti, took part in the...

BGC lab members attended the European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB) last week, together with 600 other researchers from all...