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Groot dikkopje - primair

It is the height of summer in Europe, a time when many people head out into nature or to enjoy urban greenspaces . But over recent decades, people are seeing landscapes with fewer and fewer butterflies...


Continue reading 30 June 2025   3 dgn oud
Vogelringers

Ringing of wild birds has become indispensable as a research method to track individual birds. Since 1911, some 16 million birds have been fitted with a metal ring in the Netherlands. What has that brought in terms of knowledge,..


Continue reading 24 June 2025   1 week oud
Guppies (poecilia reticulata)

Guppies adapt remarkably quickly when faced with predators. In an experiment, researchers from Wageningen University & Research observed changes in reproduction and body shape within just three generations. ..


Continue reading 24 June 2025   1 week oud
Vlokreeft

Zooplankton are vital to ocean ecosystems and their diversity reflects the health of the ocean. They respond quickly to environmental changes, making them key indicators of climate change. Monitoring these shifts requires..


Continue reading 07 June 2025   3 wkn oud
Mirte Bosse (eenmalig exclusief wmr)

The National Geographic Society has announced that Mirte Bosse, biologist and geneticist at Wageningen University & Research and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is among the winners of the 2025 Wayfinder Award. The official award..


Continue reading 06 June 2025   3 wkn oud
Elsa B. Girard

Tiny organisms called foraminifera can be incredibly useful for protecting coral reefs. Promovenda Elsa B. Girard developed a method to study them more efficiently. “This way, you can act before the corals are impacted.”..


Continue reading 31 May 2025   1 maand oud
Deze chimpanzeeman in een natuurreservaat in Guinee-Bissau heeft net een steen gegooid, wat werd vastgelegd door een cameraval. (eenmalig exclusief wur)

A recent study by behavioural biologists from Wageningen University & Research and the German Primate Research Centre has uncovered a remarkable phenomenon among wild chimpanzees in West Africa: the use of stones to produce sound,..


Continue reading 27 May 2025   1 maand oud
Een vestigende slijkgras plant midden in een meetframe. De plant heeft verschillende clusters met een aantal scheuten.

Cordgrass that establishes itself on virgin soil on the coast, tries to avoid the risks of being washed away by forming small clusters of plants. That is shown by the research of coastal ecologist Clea van de Ven, described in the..


Continue reading 24 May 2025   1 maand oud
Florida beach erosion

Worldwide, coastal areas are squeezed between a rising sea level on one end and human structures on the other. The distance between a sandy coastline and the first human structures averages less than 400 meters around the world...


Continue reading 19 May 2025   1 maand oud
eDNA-materiaal verzamelen in windparken

A new study by Wageningen University & Research shows that offshore wind farms not only produce energy, but may also contribute to the protection of marine life. Several shark and ray species were detected in and around Dutch wind..


Continue reading 09 May 2025   1 maand oud

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