Nature reports

By recording biodiversity in the park by means of a one-day 'bioblitz', researchers are building a baseline for urban nature in Amsterdam. ARTIS Zoo is an urban green area, providing space to many wild species, in the middle of..

Currently, some 40,000 bar-tailed godwits are eating large quantities of mud shrimps in Balgzand, near Den Helder. This beautiful spectacle can be seen from the dike until about May 20. It has not previously been established that..

On April 30, a large team of researchers from NIOZ, the UvA, the RUG, and NIOO, among others, boarded the research vessel Anna Weber-van Bosse to collect data for the PHYVIR study. The PHYVIR project investigates the influence of..

In a new study, researchers from the University of Amsterdam Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics try to explain why prey get away so often. Not only the physical performance of predator and prey seems to play a role..

Bewick’s swans are migrating less and less far to the southwest in winter. On average, they spend the winter 118 kilometres closer to their breeding grounds for every 1 degree Celsius increase in winter temperature...

Illegal plant trade is often associated with images of tropical hardwood. But closer to home, European edible orchids are also threatened by unbridled harvest and sale of underground tubers, known as 'salep'. A new study shows..

Reef sharks are observed less frequently on Caribbean reefs with high levels of diving activity and coastal development. This is shown by research published on 5 April in the Journal of Applied Ecology. Even recreational..

In 2025, volunteers from Naturalis Biodiversity Center and members of the Dutch Entomological Society discovered a species of praying mantis on Aruba. It turned out to be a previously undescribed species. The praying mantis was..

Despite widespread concern about declines in insects globally, a dire shortage of data on species numbers over time means it will be impossible to assess our progress towards biodiversity goals – and to implement effective..

With eDNA metabarcoding, researchers read DNA traces from soil, water, or even air as if they were barcodes. This allows them to discover which plants are or were present, even when they are invisible to the naked eye. It is a..