Filter for Search for news Programme area Programme areaBiodiversity in a Changing WorldEcosystem Services for a Sustainable FutureDimensions of Complexity of Aquatic SystemsPredictive Ecology in the Anthropocene Topic TopicAdaptation and evolutionFreshwater ecosystemsBiodiversityEnvironmental changeMultiple stressors and pollutantsWater and matter cyclesUse and managementAquaculture and aquaponicsAnglingBehavioural ecology and swarm intelligence Format Formatpress releaseinsightshort newsfocus Apply 151 - 160 of 185 itemsTopic:Biodiversity 31 May 2018 short news New Leopoldina discussion paper on pesticides Pesticides can cause big problems in ecosystems. That is the result of a new discussion paper of German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, in which effects of pesticides and options for action are explained based on recent scientific results. 23 May 2018 press release Genetic diversity helps protect against disease Diversity is the key: IGB researchers have demonstrated experimentally that genetic diversity makes populations more resistant to disease. 16 May 2018 short news A network for invasion biology The book and the website hi-knowledge.org present a new approach to synthesise heterogeneous data and information – here applied to major hypotheses in the field of invasion biology. 20 April 2018 short news New fish species in the universe: Romanogobio skywalkeri The discovery of this new fish species underlines the importance and value of alpine rivers as a habitat. 9 March 2018 short news No sex for all-female fish species They reproduce through gynogenesis. Their offspring are clones of the mother. According to established theories, the Amazon molly should have become extinct a long time ago. Well, why didn’t it? 19 February 2018 press release Distantly related Researchers have just published an extensive phylogenetic tree for the Eurasian green toads. This phylogenetic tree shows that polyploid species are hybrids and only descend from parental species with a very high degree of genetic divergence. 18 January 2018 short news The Red Queen and the water flea A constant race to keep up: the co-evolutive dynamics of parasite-host interactions show analogies to a well-known children's book. 9 November 2017 short news Foundation of the "Alliance for Freshwater Life" Experts from all over the world have developed the basis for a global network for improving research, protection and public outreach in the field of freshwater biodiversity. 3 November 2017 short news The Microbiome of our Earth A huge international research collaboration catalogued the planet’s microbial diversity at unprecedented scale and compiled the world's first reference database of bacteria colonising our planet. 24 October 2017 press release Flagship species could help protect freshwaters 83 per cent of all the world’s threatened freshwater species occur in the same areas as the “imposing” freshwater species examined within the study – all of which are potential ambassadors for their ecosystem. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 14 Page 15 Current page 16 Page 17 Page 18 … Next page ›› Last page Last »
31 May 2018 short news New Leopoldina discussion paper on pesticides Pesticides can cause big problems in ecosystems. That is the result of a new discussion paper of German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, in which effects of pesticides and options for action are explained based on recent scientific results.
23 May 2018 press release Genetic diversity helps protect against disease Diversity is the key: IGB researchers have demonstrated experimentally that genetic diversity makes populations more resistant to disease.
16 May 2018 short news A network for invasion biology The book and the website hi-knowledge.org present a new approach to synthesise heterogeneous data and information – here applied to major hypotheses in the field of invasion biology.
20 April 2018 short news New fish species in the universe: Romanogobio skywalkeri The discovery of this new fish species underlines the importance and value of alpine rivers as a habitat.
9 March 2018 short news No sex for all-female fish species They reproduce through gynogenesis. Their offspring are clones of the mother. According to established theories, the Amazon molly should have become extinct a long time ago. Well, why didn’t it?
19 February 2018 press release Distantly related Researchers have just published an extensive phylogenetic tree for the Eurasian green toads. This phylogenetic tree shows that polyploid species are hybrids and only descend from parental species with a very high degree of genetic divergence.
18 January 2018 short news The Red Queen and the water flea A constant race to keep up: the co-evolutive dynamics of parasite-host interactions show analogies to a well-known children's book.
9 November 2017 short news Foundation of the "Alliance for Freshwater Life" Experts from all over the world have developed the basis for a global network for improving research, protection and public outreach in the field of freshwater biodiversity.
3 November 2017 short news The Microbiome of our Earth A huge international research collaboration catalogued the planet’s microbial diversity at unprecedented scale and compiled the world's first reference database of bacteria colonising our planet.
24 October 2017 press release Flagship species could help protect freshwaters 83 per cent of all the world’s threatened freshwater species occur in the same areas as the “imposing” freshwater species examined within the study – all of which are potential ambassadors for their ecosystem.
