50 MILLION YEARS 2017.04.27 Oldest orchid fossil found Orchid pollinia enclosed in an “anther cap” attached to a leg of fungus gnat found in Baltic amber…
Parasites 2017.01.30 New Danish research collaboration will investigate effects of climate change on snail-borne parasites New research platform will shed light on how climate change affects the spread of freshwater snails…
Sustained meteorite bombardment 2017.01.24 Myth busted: No link between gigantic asteroid break-up and rise in biodiversity Some 470 million years ago, during the middle part of the geological period known as the Ordovician…
GRANTS 2017.01.23 DKK 17 million to investigate island bird communities and subterranean biodiversity Each year the VILLUM FONDEN grants a number of large amounts for young researchers at universities…
FROM MEDICINE TO RITUALS 2017.01.23 How do people choose what plants to use? There are about 400,000 species of plants in the world. Humans use approximately 10-15% of them to…
Migratory birds 2017.01.04 Routes of migratory birds follow today’s peaks in resources Movement of migratory birds is closely linked to seasonal availability of resources. The birds…
Sustainable development 2017.01.04 Katherine Richardson among the 15 scientists to draft UN Report on Sustainable Development Katherine Richardson from Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate is among the 15 scientists…
Bird life 2016.11.30 The shape of a bird’s wing determines where it lives Bird’s wings generally become shorter and more rounded the closer they live to the equator. Birds…
NEW RESEARCH PROJECT 2016.11.23 A Hunt for the Greenlandic sled dog’s Soul Greenland’s sled dog culture and technology are more than 4,000 years old. Without this dog the…
ANCIENT MAIZE 2016.11.18 DNA study unravels the history of the world’s most produced cereal Genome sequence of a 5,310-year-old maize cob provides new insights into the early stages of maize…