Autor: Firma Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

The Dark Side of Light: Night-time Illumination Threatens Insects

20. Februar 2025 Firma Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungForschung und Entwicklungair, cells, doria, feldmeyer, food, gene, lighting, measures, midge, pfenninger, research, riparius, senckenberg, water, with

A recent study by the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center Frankfurt and the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz shows the dramatic effects of artificial night-time lighting on insects. The researchers studied the midge species Chironomus riparius and found that light pollution Mehr

Bats: Corona Without Symptoms

29. Januar 202529. Januar 2025 Firma Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungForschung und Entwicklungbats, cell, cov, erc, genome, isg15, Loewe, new, production, project, research, sars, senckenberg, ultrasonic, with

Bats have the ability to tolerate coronaviruses and other viruses without becoming ill. This is due to special adaptations in their immune system. As part of the “Bat1K” project, an international research team has now generated high-quality genomes of bats Mehr

How Can We Help Our Rivers?

29. Januar 2025 Firma Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungForschung und Entwicklungbasin, energy, factors, food, haase, marine, measures, new, production, research, river, senckenberg, treatment, water, with

An international research team led by Senckenberg scientist Prof. Dr. Peter Haase has evaluated the results of global measures to protect biodiversity in rivers. Their study, now published in the renowned scientific journal “Nature Reviews Biodiversity,” shows that many protection Mehr

Just Five More Minutes: News On the Evolution of Hibernation

27. Januar 202528. Januar 2025 Firma Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungForschung und Entwicklungbehavioral ecology, biodiversity conservation, climate resilience, ecological mechanisms, endothermic strategies, energy efficiency, energy-saving mode, habitat fluctuations, hibernation, mammals, metabolic rate, metabolism, phylogenetic analysis, physiological adaptations, torpor

An international research team led by Senckenberg scientists Dr. Dimitrios-Georgios Kontopoulos and Prof. Dr. Michael Hiller has investigated the evolution of different types of torpor – the temporary sharp drop in metabolism and body temperature to conserve energy – in Mehr

Sea More Species? Genetic Differences Discovered in Blue Whale Populations

16. Januar 202516. Januar 2025 Firma Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungForschung und Entwicklungbiodiversity conservation, blue whale, conservation strategies, ecology research, environmental adaptation, evolutionary biology, genetic, genetic health, inbreeding effects, marine mammals, North Atlantic, North Pacific, species recovery, subspecies, whale populations

A research team from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (SBiK-F), the former LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (TBG), and Goethe University Frankfurt has gained fascinating genetic insights into the evolution of the largest animal on earth, the Mehr