A research team from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center in Frankfurt, the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig and Friedrich Schiller University Jena has investigated the […]
Autor: Firma Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Barbary Macaques in Northern Germany: Researchers Discover a More Than 300,000-Year-Old Tooth
A research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and Leiden University in the Netherlands has examined a tooth from the Schöningen […]
Lebanon: 400,000 Years of Climate and Landscape History Rediscovered
Archaeological legacy collections housed at the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory at Saint Joseph University in Beirut reveal the wide diversity of environmental conditions in the eastern Mediterranean region during the […]
The Roof of the World: A Biodiversity Hotspot for 39 Million Years
A Chinese-German research team, including Senckenberg researcher Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, has investigated when and under what conditions the extraordinary biodiversity in eastern Tibet developed. The study, published in the […]
IUCN Green Status Assessment reveals uneven recovery for Eastern Gorillas
A landmark assessment of recovery The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released the first Green Status Assessment for the eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei), offering the most comprehensive […]
62% of Hydrothermal Vent Molluscs Now Threatened by Deep-Sea Mining
As delegates from around the world gather in Kingston, Jamaica, for high-stakes International Seabed Authority (ISA) negotiations to debate the future of deep-sea mining, a stark scientific warning has emerged […]
Larger Brain, Smaller Face: Human Evolution Took a Different Course Than Previously Thought
A new study, published today in the journal “Nature Communications,” suggests that two of the best-known trends in human evolution – brain growth and the reduction in the size of […]
Silent Extinction: Loss of Genetic Diversity
Genetic diversity is crucial for the survival of species. It strengthens the adaptability, resilience, and long-term stability of populations. An international research team led by Senckenberg researcher Prof. Dr. Deborah […]
More Life at Sea: Unexpectedly High Biodiversity in the Deep-Sea Marine Protected Area
An international research team has studied the genetic diversity of bottom-dwelling amphipods in the newly established “North Atlantic Current and Evlanov Sea Basin” marine protected area. A single sample collected […]
Blue Planet with a White Spot: More Than Half of the World’s Oceans Remain Insufficiently Explored
Large parts of the oceans – particularly the deep sea as well as tropical and polar regions – have only been poorly explored to date. In a study published today […]