1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (358+ words) AI helps beachcombers identify fossils Nature Today AI helps beachcombers identify fossils To lend experts a helping hand, researchers developed smart computer models (so-called convolutional neural networks, or CNNs). Naturalis has extensive experience with this technology: the institute aims to…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (214+ words) Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal In the scientific journal Genome Biology and Evolution, researchers show how whole-genome analyses can help identify more precisely which populations are most vulnerable and where conservation measures could have the greatest impact....

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (707+ words) For shorebirds such as sanderlings, food availability is determined not only by the abundance of prey, but also by the precise locations and periods during which prey are available. Research by Emma Penning and others shows that mobile prey, such…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (189+ words) Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal This is the result of a new study, published by researchers from the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) in Functional Ecology. As a benthic ecologist, Michelle Achlatis likes to say…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (640+ words) A landmark alliance of DNA experts across Europe signals the start of an unprecedented effort to build a continent-wide system that applies genomics for protecting European biodiversity. DNA barcoding and genome sequencing offer – together with taxonomic expertise and advanced data…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (215+ words) Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal "There are many stories about how we are losing biodiversity, so I would like to start with the good news", says Naturalis researcher Kaixuan Pan. Like many biologists, his love for nature…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (260+ words) Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal Healthy peatlands shelter rare species and act as water buffers and filters. Their importance for the climate cannot be understated: while covering just three percent of the land globally they store twice…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (455+ words) Choose region and language / Kies regio en taal For more than twenty years, University of Amsterdam researchers have been working with the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) to measure and forecast bird migration in…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (806+ words) Lesser black-backed gulls from the colony at the Dutch island Neeltje Jans appear to avoid the wind farm off the Zeeland coast. NIOZ ecologist Rosemarie Kentie and her colleagues suspected the gulls were attracted by fishing boats outside the windfarm,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (703+ words) A new view on nature restoration: wilder nature as a source of new knowledge about biodiversity and climate Nature Today A new view on nature restoration: wilder nature as a source of new knowledge about biodiversity and climate On 20 March,…...