An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat by humans in the southern Balkans. At Marathousa 1, an archaeological site in the Greek Megalopolis Basin, researchers […]
Author: Firma Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Raccoons: Invasion on Four Paws
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As part of the joint project ZOWIAC (Zoonotic and Wildlife Ecological Impacts of Invasive Carnivores), a research team from Frankfurt has analyzed hunting data from two decades in 398 German districts. The study aimed to identify the different stages of […]
Not So Hot After All? Fossil Lizards and Snakes Reveal New Information About the Eocene Climate
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A research team from the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung has investigated ancient climate during the Eocene epoch some 56 to 34 million years ago, using a new method based on the evolutionary relationships of fossils. The results of their study, […]
Visible from Space: Loss of Genetic Plant Diversity
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An international research team led by Senckenberg scientist Dr. Spyros Theodoridis has investigated the effects of the increasing greening of many European mountain regions on the genetic diversity of plants. Their study, now published in the journal “Current Biology,” uses […]
47-Million-year-old Buzzing: First Fossil Cicada Discovered in the Messel Pit
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For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been described from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis is one of the oldest known representatives of the modern-day true cicadas in Eurasia, and it is the earliest record of the subfamily Cicadinae […]
Frankfurt Conservation Award (Bruno H. Schubert Prize): International Award for Teaching, Research, and Applied Nature Conservation
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Today, the Bruno H. Schubert Foundation is presenting the international Frankfurt Conservation Award 2025 (Bruno H. Schubert Prize). This year’s award winners Joji Cariño, Dr. Rosie Trevelyan, and Dr. Hà Thăng Long will be honored in the ballroom of the […]
A Deep-sea Octopus is the “Mollusk of the Year 2025”
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The deep-sea octopus Muusoctopus has won the title of “International Mollusk of the Year 2025.” Muusoctopus received the majority of votes in the public online poll, beating three sea snails and a clam that were also finalists in the competition. […]
Frogs, Cocoa, and Grazing Livestock: How Humans and Amphibians Can Coexist
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Agriculture in the Colombian Andes is an important economic sector that is strongly influenced by geographical diversity and the local climatic conditions. Senckenberg researcher PD Dr. Raffael Ernst and a Colombian-German research team investigated how different land use systems influence […]
Oases: Diversity Without Protection
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Oases are ecosystems that offer unique biological and cultural diversity and are therefore crucial for humans and nature alike. A study led by Senckenberg researchers, recently published in the journal “PeerJ,” has undertaken the first comprehensive global analysis of these […]
“Mollusc of the year 2025” Competition
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Which mollusc will win the race? Starting today, all fans of snails, octopuses, and their ilk can cast their vote at https://moty.senckenberg.science and decide which of the five species in the final deserves the title of “International Mollusc of the […]