In tropical areas, the numbers and variety of animals and plants are greatest. So too is the opportunity for studying their evolution. Studies in evolutionary biology can also be focussed on particular groups of animals or plants such as insects, reptiles and amphibians and rainforest plants. Almost all members of the academic staff have research programmes in evolution, whether directly testing processes or in interpreting patterns . Our undergraduate teaching programme is strongly focussed on the study of evolutionary biology with specialised subjects offered in each year programme.
Evolutionary processes are an implicit component of almost all of our subject offerings.