Several members of academic staff work within the Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research[8] and were involved in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.

[9][10] Additional partnerships and resources of the Department include the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, the Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum, the John Krebs Field Station and Wytham Woods.

[3] The former Department of Zoology, founded in 1860, was housed in the Tinbergen Building until it was demolished in Spring 2022.

In February 2017, university officials announced that the Tinbergen Building would be closed for two years and all research and teaching activities of the Department would be moved elsewhere.

This was due to the discovery of more asbestos than had been previously known; too much than could be removed during necessary maintenance with the building remaining occupied.