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Imperial Lates Online: Wildlife

Explore the wonders of the animal kingdom with scientists and conservationists working to understand and protect wildlife in the UK and around the world.

  • From reintroducing beavers and wolves, to reclaiming hedgerows and planting urban wildflowers, we look at the scientific, environmental and emotional arguments for rewilding projects both big and small.
  • Learn to recognise and sketch both common and increasingly rare bird and butterfly species in a wild drawing skills workshop.
  • Catch up on our Ask Me Anything with acoustic ecologists tuning into the howler monkeys of Costa Rica threated by palm oil deforestation.
  • Discover the hidden abilities of some our incredible but unloved or overlooked native species in our biodiversity talent show.
  • Our Lates Pub-less quiz returned wilder than ever, with a special guest round from one of Imperial's animal scientists.

Imperial Lates Online are most suitable for over 18s.

Imperial Lates Online: Wildlife events

Vultures

The unloved animal club

Amphibians, ants, bees, snakes and vultures. Five scientists explain why you should give their animal a bit more love!

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Toucans

We are rainforest ecologists. Ask us anything!

How do we halt species loss in the Amazon? Should humans be locked out of our rainforests to protect biodiversity? Our tropical ecologists took to Reddit to answer your questions.

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Wildflowers

Rewilding in Britain

From planting wildflowers on city windowsills to reintroducing long lost species to woodlands, explore how rewilding initiatives both big and small can help us reconnect with the natural world.

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Garden illustration

Garden wildlife draw-along

Peek inside the British hedgerow and create your own garden wildlife artwork with artist Bryony Benge-Abbott and ecologist Minerva Singh.

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Friends in pub doing quiz

Pub-less Quiz (animal edition)

Assemble your team of thinkers and drinkers to pit fact against fiction in our Pub-less Quiz.

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Abbie Biscoe

Wildlife yoga

Ground your pads down into the mat and discover new means of movement in this vinyasa-style yoga class inspired by insect mechanics.

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More things to do

Headphones

Wildlife playlist

Have a listen to the playlist we’ve put together on Wildlife! Suggest your own songs to add to this Spotify playlist using #ImperialLates on Twitter.

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Fish and coral reef

How your life relies on biodiversity

The diversity of life on Earth is the result of billions of years of evolution and is imperative to all life on the planet.

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Exploring the environmental footprint of pet food

A switch to insect-based food could benefit your pet and reduce its environmental footprint compared to premium meat-based products.

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