Move BON, a new international research network for studying animal movement, has now been officially endorsed by the overarching GEO BON network, which brings together global observations on biodiversity and […]
Autor: Firma Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Extinction Confirmed: Cape Verde’s Cone Snail Lost Forever
The IUCN Red List has officially declared Conus lugubris—a marine snail once found only on the north shore of São Vicente, Cape Verde—Extinct. The species, last seen alive in 1987, […]
Natural recovery of tropical forests needs time
An international research team from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center Frankfurt (SBiK-F) has investigated how quickly seed dispersal by animals in tropical forests recovers after deforestation. Their study, […]
300,000-year-old Genomes: History of the Schöningen Horses Deciphered
For the first time, a research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and the Schöningen Research Centre have reconstructed the genomes […]
Genetic Diversity: Nature’s Underestimated Lifeline
Genetic diversity – the diversity within species – is a crucial yet often underestimated basis for the protection of biodiversity. A recent publication in the journal “People and Nature,” co-led […]
Are We Unique?
An international team led by Senckenberg researcher Prof. Dr. Simon Darroch has presented a new approach to understanding how living organisms fundamentally change their environment – and what this means […]
112-million-year-old Time Capsule: Oldest Amber Insects from South America Discovered
For the first time, researchers in Ecuador have discovered amber fossils from the Cretaceous period on the South American continent. The approximately 112-million-year-old find from the Hollín Formation in the […]
The Earth’s Lungs: Diversity as a Survival Strategy
In the face of climate change and increasing droughts, the Amazon rainforest – one of the largest and most important ecosystems on Earth – is under ever-increasing pressure. A new […]
Beech Forests: Fit for Climate Change?
By combining satellite images with a new type of genetic analysis, a research team led by the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center Frankfurt (SBiK-F) was able to decipher how […]
Fossil Find in Syria: Unknown Sea Turtle Discovered
Near the Syrian city of Afrin, an international research team, including researchers from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen, has discovered a previously […]