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Evolutionary thinking

2014.09.11

Evolutionary tools improve prospects for sustainable development

In a new Science review by the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate and the University of…

2014.09.01

Near-extinct African amphibians 'invisible' under climate change

A study co-led by Dr Raquel Garcia from CMEC found that the majority of threatened species are…

PREHISTORIC MIGRATIONS

2014.08.28

New DNA study unravels the settlement history of the New World Arctic

We know people have lived in the New World Arctic for about 5,000 years. Archaeological evidence…

Civilization's impact

2014.08.15

Human pressure on land is increasing shows world map

During the past two decades, 64 % of the Earth’s land-based area has experienced an increase in…

Climate change

2014.05.27

Climate warming favours light coloured insects in Europe

Butterflies and dragonflies with a lighter shade of colour do better in warmer areas of Europe. Thi…

Polarbears

2014.05.09

Genome gives clues to how polar bears rapidly evolved to cope with high-fat diet

A comparison of the genomes of polar bears and brown bears reveals that the polar bear is a much…

Climate change

2014.05.01

Multiple dimensions of climate change reveal unappreciated impacts on biodiversity

Shrinking ice sheets and melting ice caps are well known consequences of climate change. But a new…

COLONIZATION

2014.02.12

America's only Clovis skeleton had its genome mapped

They lived in America about 13,000 years ago where they hunted mammoth, mastodons and giant bison…

GUT CONTENT

2014.02.05

A "smoking gun" on the Ice Age megafauna extinctions

It was climate that killed many of the large mammals after the latest Ice Age. But what more…

DNA

2014.01.26

Blue eyes and dark skin, that's how the European hunter-gatherer looked like 7,000 years ago

A 7,000 years old individual from the Mesolithic Period, whose remains were recovered at La…

Climate research

2014.01.22

Climate change research is globally skewed

The supply of climate change knowledge is biased towards richer countries - those that pollute the…

Research

2013.12.13

Snail fever expected to decline in Africa due to climate change

The explanation is that the parasite’s host snails stand to lose suitable habitat due to climate…

DNA

2013.11.18

Bacteria recycle broken DNA

Researchers from Denmark and Norway have now shown that bacteria can take up small as well as large…

New rat genus

2013.09.20

New rat genus discovered

A new genus of rat which has been discovered in Indonesia. The international team of zoologists was…

2013.08.21

A new multigenerational partnership will guide ecology into the next 100 years

Peter Søgaard Jørgensen from CMEC is the founder of INNGE a new partnership for the next generation…

Endangered spicies

2013.07.21

Current efforts will not save the world's most endangered cat

The Iberian lynx is likely to go extinct within 50 years because the current management plans do no…

A genome world record

2013.06.26

A 700.000 year old horse gets its genome sequenced

Scientists at the Centre for GeoGenetics at the Natural History Museum of Denmark (University of…

DNA

2013.03.20

Monster from the deep hits the surface

The giant squid is one of the most enigmatic animals on the planet. It is extremely rarely seen,…

Marine environment

2013.03.13

Volunteer divers benefit marine research

Many volunteer SCUBA divers collect data on the marine environment every year. Now research shows…

2013.01.14

Professor Carsten Rahbek appointed President-elect

The International Biogeography Society has appointed Professor Carsten Rahbek, director of the…

2012.12.20

Wallace's century-old map of natural world updated

Until today, Alfred Russel Wallace's century old map from 1876 has been the backbone for our…

2012.12.19

Common house plant threatened by climate change

The purple flower African violet is a popular house plant in most of the world. Scientists from the…

2012.12.06

Drought in the Horn of Africa delays migrating birds

The drought last year in the Horn of Africa caused the extremely late arrival into northern Europe…

2012.10.04

Guest talk by Bill Sutherland this Friday

Professor Bill Sutherland is giving a seminar on "Making conservation more effective" in relation t…

2012.10.02

New research into species extinction under climate change

Nine researchers from University of Copenhagen are awarded the prestigious Sapere Aude grant.

2012.09.04

Ny dansk svampeart er fundet

En ny svampeart ved navn Hebeloma griseopruinatum er nu officielt kommet på verdens liste over…

2012.08.30

New DNA-method tracks fish and whales in seawater

Danish researchers at University of Copenhagen lead the way for future monitoring of marine…

2012.08.02

Aerial photos reveal dynamic ice sheet

Despite the current and rapid melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, it remains far from certain just…

2012.07.12

The Clovis First Theory is put to rest at Paisley Caves

New international research shows that people of another culture were present concurrently or even…

2012.05.29

Old aerial photos supply new knowledge on glaciers in Greenland

New research shows that the glaciers in Southeast Greenland can actually recuperate within a short…