Frogs, Cocoa, and Grazing Livestock: How Humans and Amphibians Can Coexist
Agriculture in the Colombian Andes is an important economic sector that is strongly influenced by geographical diversity…
Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Oases: Diversity Without Protection
Oases are ecosystems that offer unique biological and cultural diversity and are therefore crucial for humans and nature…
“Mollusc of the year 2025” Competition
Which mollusc will win the race? Starting today, all fans of snails, octopuses, and their ilk can cast their vote at htt…
Cracking the Mollusc Code
An international team of scientists has cracked a longstanding evolutionary mystery surrounding molluscs, one of the mos…
The Dark Side of Light: Night-time Illumination Threatens Insects
A recent study by the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center Frankfurt and the Johannes Gutenberg Universi…
Bats: Corona Without Symptoms
Bats have the ability to tolerate coronaviruses and other viruses without becoming ill. This is due to special adaptatio…
How Can We Help Our Rivers?
An international research team led by Senckenberg scientist Prof. Dr. Peter Haase has evaluated the results of global me…
Just Five More Minutes: News On the Evolution of Hibernation
An international research team led by Senckenberg scientists Dr. Dimitrios-Georgios Kontopoulos and Prof. Dr. Michael Hi…
Sea More Species? Genetic Differences Discovered in Blue Whale Populations
A research team from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (SBiK-F), the former LOEWE Center for Tran…
Schimpansen: Malariaresistenz und Lebensraumanpassung
Schimpansen verfügen über genetische Anpassungen, die ihnen helfen, in unterschiedlichen Wald- und Savannenlebensräumen…
