For some animals, such as beetles, ants, toads, and primates, short-term social isolation can be just as vital as social interaction.
17 July 2018ResearchNew trust to be granted lease.
19 June 2013Local communityStudents achieve international accolades.
8 October 2012AwardsSir David Attenborough to give public lecture as part of the University's 600th anniversary celebrations.
30 May 2011University newsThe University of St Andrews is one of six Scottish universities collaborating with the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to invest £77.4 million to transform biology and life sciences research in Scotland.
2 February 2007University newsNearly 100 wildlife biologists from across the world will gather in St Andrews next week to discuss new ways of determining the density or abundance of wildlife populations.
24 July 2001ResearchFormer Director of The Wellcome Trust, Dame Bridget Ogilvie, is to receive an honorary degree from the University of St Andrews.
18 April 2001AwardsA new postgraduate research degree aimed at addressing some of society's most pressing environmental problems is to be launched by the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee, the first concrete example of the new partnership between the two institutions.
16 January 2001ResearchOne of the world's most distinguished brain scientists is to give a series of public lectures at the University of St Andrews.
21 November 2000University newsA University of St Andrews Plant Ecologist has been elected to a prestigious scientific body aimed at strengthening links between researchers and scholars throughout the world.
24 February 2000Research