wildlife trade 2017.11.22 EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 % Trade of wild birds has dropped about 90% globally since the EU banned bird imports in 2005. A stud…
award 2017.11.14 Leading researcher in evolution to be bestowed with an honorable doctorate Professor Gonzalo Giribet, researcher of zoology and animal evolution at Harvard University, will…
INSECTS 2017.10.27 Danish islands - an overlooked reservoir of insect genetic diversity? Insect account for the largest biodiversity and significant part of the biomass here on Earth, but…
biosystematic science 2017.10.23 Small beetles provide insights about ancient arctic rainforests An interdisciplinary study of rove beetles suggest extensive rainforest in the Arctic in the early…
Ancient genomes 2017.10.05 Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding Early humans seem to have recognised the dangers of inbreeding at least 34,000 years ago, and…
SPECIES DETERMINATION 2017.10.03 Danish museum discovers unique coffee plants in the collections The Herbarium of the Natural History Museum of Denmark is a treasure chest of more than 2.7 million…
Bird life 2017.09.13 European bird ringers gathered in Copenhagen Today, the 20th EURING general assembly will be held in Copenhagen. It is the first time the genera…
THREATENED AND INVASIVE 2017.06.27 An eased way to monitor invasive crayfish A new Danish study shows that crayfish-DNA from freshwater can be used to monitor threatened and…
The VILLUM Experiment 2017.06.23 Grants for bold research ideas On June 13, 2017, the VILLUM FOUNDATION announced the names of the researchers who got funding for…
Global health 2017.06.16 Critical gaps in our knowledge of where infectious diseases occur Today Scientists have called for action. The scientific journal Nature ecology & evolution have…