Beech Forests: Fit for Climate Change?
By combining satellite images with a new type of genetic analysis, a research team led by the Senckenberg Biodiversity a…
Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research // Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Fossil Find in Syria: Unknown Sea Turtle Discovered
Near the Syrian city of Afrin, an international research team, including researchers from the Senckenberg Centre for Hum…
Angola: Wild Animal Trade Threatens Biodiversity and Health
Angola is home to an impressive diversity of species – but the country’s biodiversity is severely threatened by illegal…
Small Tools, Big Animals: 430,000-year-old Butchery Investigated
An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal m…
Raccoons: Invasion on Four Paws
As part of the joint project ZOWIAC (Zoonotic and Wildlife Ecological Impacts of Invasive Carnivores), a research team f…
Not So Hot After All? Fossil Lizards and Snakes Reveal New Information About the Eocene Climate
A research team from the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung has investigated ancient climate during the Eocene…
Visible from Space: Loss of Genetic Plant Diversity
An international research team led by Senckenberg scientist Dr. Spyros Theodoridis has investigated the effects of the i…
47-Million-year-old Buzzing: First Fossil Cicada Discovered in the Messel Pit
For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been described from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis…
Frankfurt Conservation Award (Bruno H. Schubert Prize): International Award for Teaching, Research, and Applied Nature Conservation
Today, the Bruno H. Schubert Foundation is presenting the international Frankfurt Conservation Award 2025 (Bruno H. Schu…
A Deep-sea Octopus is the “Mollusk of the Year 2025”
The deep-sea octopus Muusoctopus has won the title of “International Mollusk of the Year 2025.” Muusoctopus received the…
