Im Herbst vielleicht mal ins Museum? Die Ausstellung des @leibnizlib.bsky.social​ in Bonn ist extra für Jugendliche konzipiert. Das Thema betrifft aber alle, denn laut WHO sind u.a. Klimawandel und Artensterben die größten Herausforderungen für die Gesundheit.

Tonight is #EarthNight – lights off for insects! Artificial light threatens moths, fireflies & other nocturnal species. 🌌 Tonight, Museum Koenig (LIB) will dim its facade lighting as a sign for insect protection. Switch off your lights – and help biodiversity. 🦋 leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1909...

#LIBresearch: Study by @mherberstein.bsky.social & colleagues shows damselflies with gut protists survive higher temps, revealing hidden partnerships that boost resilience in a warming world. → doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251061 Toby Hudson (CC BY-SA 3.0) #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Symbiosis

🕷️ On the NDR Talk Show, LIB researcher Dr. Danilo Harms explains why spiders are fascinating creatures – from the Sydney funnel-web spider to Karl Lagerfeld's jumping spider. Watch the (German) interview: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se... #NDRTalkShow #SpiderLove #FascinationWithSpiders #ScienceOnAir

🇬🇧 We are nominated 🤗 ! 🦒Vote for our project #NEO "Natur Entdecken Online" (EU-funded) in the @digamusaward.bsky.social public vote! 🦜 Open until Sept. 22 👉 digamus-award.de/voting 🤞 Spread, share, vote - Many Thanks! 🤞 #digamus2025 #museum #digital #voting #biodiversity #nature #fluxguide

Testing #high-speed videography with @dagmarazyla.bsky.social to capture wing-folding in rove #beetles (#Staphylinidae). Some specimens seem to be too shy in front of the camera, but a few are quite good actors. Maybe this will develop into a student project 🙂

✨ It’s published! ✨ 🕷️ Social spiders have bigger brains… but only in the right places! Our new study shows that in social huntsman spiders, regions for memory & vision processing are proportionally larger, supporting group living. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New findings from #LIBresearch: six brand-new species of Ecuadorian Microstigmatidae spiders have just been described! This taxonomic revision unmasks hidden diversity among Mygalomorphae and shows how much biodiversity is still waiting to be discovered. -> doi.org/10.5852/ejt.... 🌿🕷️ #Taxonomy

#seminarioMNCN 'Machine Learning in Biology: From Image Analysis to Molecular Sequence Analysis' Por Christoph Mayer (@leibnizlib.bsky.social) 📅 12 de septiembre, 12h Presencial y online 👉 www.youtube.com/live/mKGeOL8...

#LIBresearch New research from the TrenDiv project tracks changes in tiny groundwater creatures over 60 years—comparing today’s samples with historic ones. It shows how land use & climate change have silently reshaped biodiversity beneath our feet. -> leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1009...

#LIBresearch German mineral extraction sites host unique plant communities.🌱 Open, nutrient-poor pioneer habitats support endangered species and hold high #ConservationValue – more than #afforestation. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70151 #Biodiversity #Restoration

#LIBresearch Two new sea slug species discovered in North Sulawesi, Indonesia: Phyllidia ovata & Phyllidia fontjei 🐚✨. Known for toxic defenses & striking colors, they highlight the Indo-Pacific’s rich biodiversity. 🔗https://t1p.de/eetlq #Biodiversity #SeaSlugs

#LIBresearch finds high mercury & arsenic in the critically endangered sawback angel shark (*Squatina aculeata*) near the Canary Islands. Contamination in liver & muscle exceeds safety limits, stressing urgent need for conservation monitoring. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... #MarineScience

#LIBresearch reveals that the ancient Nautilus uses a ZZ/Z0 system: males have two Z chromosomes (ZZ), females only one Z (Z0). They also found 36 genes linked to male reproduction, giving a peek into how these “living fossils” pass on their traits. 🔬 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sei dabei beim diesjährigen Bioblitz! Gemeinsam werden wir uns auf die Suche nach Insekten und Pflanzen in unserem Museumsgarten machen und mithilfe einer Bestimmungs-App herausfinden, worum es sich handelt! ⏰ 12.09.2025, 12 Uhr bis 17 Uhr 📍 Museumsgarten, Museum Koenig Bonn #bioblitz

Did you know mining removes as much rock each year as a whole mountain – like the Zugspitze? ⛰️ Some of these samples are priceless for science. Stefan Peters, Head of Mineralogy at LIB Hamburg, calls for action to preserve this geodiversity: valuepast.hypotheses.org/4738 #Geodiversity

How have small mammal communities in the Lower Oder Valley changed in 30 years? 🐭 A German-Polish team combines 1990s data with new field surveys – to guide #conservation and protect #biodiversity. 🧵 (1/3) 📸 Jan Decher 🤝 @leibnizlib.bsky.social #brandenburg #science #sciencenews

Veränderte klimatische Bedingungen beeinflußen die Zusammensetzung von Arten und Ökosystemen. Höhere Temperaturen können zudem zu größerer Verbreitung und Dichte von Wirtstieren führen - über die wir teilweise wenig wissen. Und über ihre Erreger noch viel weniger. #wisskomm @leibnizlib.bsky.social#wisskomm

#LIBresearch analysed top behavioural & ecology studies (1981–2020) to see how trait-based approaches capture intra- & interspecific variation 🌍🦉📊. The authors demand: Broader comparative studies needed! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf073 #BehaviouralEcology #EcoResearch #TraitBased #Biodiversity

#LIBresearch finds African cichlids often lack fixed sex chromosomes—many use homomorphic, sometimes polygenic systems. Linkage group 3 (LG3), a chromosome, often carries sex-linked genes, but new sex-linked regions also arise across lineages. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... #evolution #genetics

Skipper butterfly 🦋 diversification is linked to global climate cooling since the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, finds #LIBresearch: origin in Beringia, later shift to monocot feeding in grasslands. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/sysb... #evolution #lepidoptera #paleoclimate #biodiversity

New study by @leibnizlib.bsky.social! Conservation of a megadiverse group of geckos in Indochina! Read more at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#LIBresearch by LIB alumni-curator team: Congratulations for the discovery and description of nine new species of psychodids aka moth flies from Central & South America! ‪Santiago Jaume Schinkel, @isakiliansalas.bsky.social‬, Alex Pazmiño-Palomino, Ximo Mengual 👉 doi.org/10.5852/ejt....

We just published an update on the diversity, biogeography, and one plan approach conservation of the amphibians and reptiles of Ethiopia! Thanks for the fruitful collaboration to all colleagues from @leibnizlib.bsky.social and Cologne Zoo! Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#LIBresearch with @mstange.bsky.social‬, @gymnotus.bsky.social et al. lays foundation for studies on ecology & conservation of tropical aquatic biodiversity: 42 ecological traits for over 6,300 species of Neotropical freshwater fishes in one matrix! 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Biodiversity

Im März fand im Museum Koenig Bonn (@leibnizlib.bsky.social) die interdisziplinäre und internationale Konferenz „Rewilding in Europe – Genealogies, Imaginaries and Practices of Conservation in Europe“ statt. Lesen Sie hier einige Berichte und Eindrücke von teilnehmenden Studierenden 👇

Fun Fact und für die #H5N1 Kontrolle supoptimal: Zu jedem beliebigen Zeitpunkt leben roundabout 27,6 Milliarden Hühner auf der Erde. Bei rund acht Milliarden Menschen bedeutet das, dass es etwa 3,5-mal so viele Hühner wie Menschen gibt. #wisskomm #science

New studies from @Leibniz_LIB reveal how genetic diversity and microbiomes can boost reef resilience and support targeted restoration. Science is paving the way – now action must follow. Our contribution to today's #InternationalConservationDay. ➡️ Read more: leibniz-lib.de/en/news/2807...

🧬 #NewStudy on #Limacodidae (slug caterpillars): Broad phylogeny using DNA + morphology reveals 4 major lineages incl. 2 new subfamilies. Tracks evolution of larval defence traits like venomous spines. Largest study on this group to date. 🤓 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/isd/... #Lepidoptera #EvoDevo #Phylogeny

📎 New species alert: Ceriana ecuadorensis, a wasp-mimicking flower fly from #Ecuador, just described! Collected at 1400 meters in Zamora-Chinchipe. Only the 3rd #Ceriana from #SouthAmerica — distinguished by unique antennal morphology. 📄 doi.org/10.4289/0013... #Diptera #NewSpecies #Taxonomy

🦖 Dino teeth, big stories: Microscopic wear marks reveal what sauropods ate—and that Camarasaurus likely migrated seasonally! 🌿🧳 New study uses tooth textures to decode behavior from 150 million years ago. 🦷✨ Press release -> leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1807... Paper -> www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Raffinierte Schnecken? Ja, die gibt's! 🌊 Meeresschnecken sind nicht nur vielfältig und bunt, viele können sich auch mit Giftstoffen verteidigen! Forschende haben jetzt 2 neue Arten aus dem Meer vor Indonesien beschrieben. Mit dabei: Prof. Heike Wägele vom #LIB. zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1530...

Zu heiß? 😰 Auch vielen Tieren wird es zu warm, sogar im #Meer. Wie die #Klimakrise das Verhalten der bedrohten #Engelhaie verändert und ihre Fortpflanzung stört, hat ein internationales Team mit #LIB -Beteiligung gezeigt. @evameyers.bsky.social @droedder.bsky.social leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1707...

Just published in collaboration with colleagues from @leibnizlib.bsky.social ! How does climate change affect a range-restricted, high-altitude mountain endemic species in Ethiopia? Congratulations Abadi, for this nice contribution! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#paperalert #PhD @leibnizlib.bsky.social 🔬 Uncovering hidden histories, not hidden invasions! 🐟 Our study revisits the genetic identity of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus spp.) in the Rhenish Massif (Western Germany), testing previous assumptions of non-native presence in the Ahr and Sieg rivers.

Join our #MEEGene #seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom tomorrow, July 1, 3PM CEST (Berlin) and listen to Duilio Silva from the NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, USA talking about " #Evolution of a mouse #selfishDNA" Email [email protected] for login details.

Wir werden auch deswegen immer verletzbarer durch Pandemien, weil sich die Urbanisierung in den letzen dreißig Jahren mehr als verdoppelt hat: Laut OECD leben weltweit 4,8 Milliarden Menschen in Städten. In Deutschland sind es 77 Prozent der Bevölkerung. #transfer #wisskomm

Euch liegt #Artenvielfalt am ♥️-en? Ihr habt Ideen, wie wir #Biodiversität besser erhalten können? Wir wollen eure #Vision 🦉kennenlernen! Macht mit bei der Umfrage, schenkt der #Natur 5 Minuten eurer Zeit und Kreativität 💡 und helft mit, die #ZukunftswerkstattBiodiversität zu entwickeln! Seid dabei!🐸

‪🐟 How do new #species arise?🧬 800+ species, 1 lake, little time: Cichlids in Lake #Malawi evolved with stunning speed—no geographic barriers needed. A new Science study shows how #supergenes & chromosome inversions drive biodiversity. #LIBresearch Find out more: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1206...

Erstellt haben die Rote Liste der Meeresfische Deutschlands Expert:innen der #Ichthyologie u. Meeresbiologie unter Federführung des Leibniz-Instituts zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels @leibnizlib.bsky.social. Herausgeber ist das Bundesamt für Naturschutz unter Mitarbeit des Rote-Liste-Zentrums.

An illustrated inventory of the pericopine tiger moths that have been deposited in the Lepidoptera collection at the Museum of Nature Hamburg - Zoology: doi.org/10.3897/evol... #naturalhistory #moths #Lepidoptera @leibnizlib.bsky.social

A new ceraphronid wasp species is described in a review of the subgenus Larsoceraphron. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr.... #taxonomy #wasps #Hymenoptera @leibnizlib.bsky.social

Join our #MEEGene #seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom next Tuesday, June 17, 3PM CEST (Berlin) and listen to Andreia Miraldo from the Swedish Natural History Museum talking about the #insect #diversity of Sweden & Madagascar. Email [email protected] for login details.

PhenoRob enters Phase 2! 🌾🤖 Cutting-edge research on AI & robotics for sustainable farming continues through 2032. Don’t miss the interview with Christoph Scherber on how PhenoRob bridges ag tech, ecology & biodiversity. -> leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1106...

Geschätzt wird, dass es etwa 1,7 Millionen unentdeckte Viren gibt es, alleine in Säugetieren. Auch unter Wasser, bei den knapp 90 Wal-Arten. Nebenbei: Wale werden erst seit 1758 den Säugetieren zugeordnet, damals durch Carl von Linné. Skelett von den Kollegen des @leibnizlib.bsky.social #wisskomm

Im Netzwerk sind u.a. vertreten: @fzborstel.bsky.social, @leibnizipk.bsky.social, @idsmannheim.bsky.social, @ostseeforschung.bsky.social, @leibnizipht.bsky.social, @zpid.bsky.social, @leibnizlib.bsky.social, @zalf.bsky.social, @sgn.one, @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social, @zew.de

Wären wir Polizisten, wären wir Robocop. Wären wir Archäologen, dann wären wir Indiana Jones. Wir sind das Leibniz Lab Pandemic Preparedness und unsere Website geht am Dienstag online. @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de @leibnizlib.bsky.social #indianajones #wisskomm #wissenschaft #leibniz #science

Join our #MEEGene #seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom next Tuesday, June 3, 3PM CEST (Berlin) and listen to @elliecat.bsky.social from University of California, Riverside talking about Anthropocene Impacts on #Genetic #Diversity in Big Cats. Email [email protected] for login details.

On 3 June, I'll be participating in the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft's online event #BookAScientist. I'll be sharing insights from my research at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne... Book a free 25-minute chat with me and learn about native fishes. English and German.

For about 2y, colleagues from @leibnizlib.bsky.social @sgn.one @univie.ac.at‬ @mncn-csic.bsky.social met to discuss how to contribute to #biodiversity #taxonomy research by sequencing #genomes of type natural history #collection specimens. The result is published at @systbiol.bsky.social