From black rhinos to blue whales … when we think of conservation, many of us think of it as the science of saving endangered species.
But that’s only a small part of a far bigger picture.
After all, species are only a small part of biodiversity, ecosystems and habitats - on land, and in our rivers and seas.
And, as the researchers at the University of Oxford’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science know, it takes a broad range of disciplines to design, carry out and monitor truly effective strategies to conserve nature.
There's loads of different ways that light can be used, studied and even affects us. This playlist brings together the animations we've made that involve light in some fashion.