The red squirrel research and reports led to media coverage in national newspapers and online news outlets.

Media Coverage

  • BBC webpage - Red squirrel areas may escape squirrelpox virus - 23/10/2014 Link to article
  • The Herald - Virus may decimate squirrel population - 23/10/2014 Link to article
  • The Times - Grey squirrel cull planned to save reds from fatal pox - 24/10/2014 Link to article
  • The Scotsman - Grey squirrel cull needed to stop virus - 24/10/2014 Link to article
  • BBC webpage - Maths helps fight to save red squirrels in southern Scotland - 15/02/2019 Link to article
  • Celtic Life International - Red Squirrels and Mathematical Modelling - 10/11/2020 (a nice detailed article about the mathematical modelling work on red squrrel conservation) Link to article
  • The Guardian - Scottish forests could save red squirrels from extinction - 04/08/21 (plus 25 other national print and online news articles on this topic) Link to article