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Restanten van een nederzetting uit de IJzertijd te Mez-Notariou op het eiland Ouessant, voor de westkust van Bretagne

An intensification of land use during the Iron Age and Early Roman period (600 BC – AD 100) in Brittany (France) led to a significant increase in the number of plant species. This demonstrates that, contrary to what one might..


Continue reading 25 December 2017   7 jaar oud
loggerhead seaturtle, onechte karetschildpad

Birch Aquarium teamed up with the UC San Diego Library’s Digital Media Lab to 3-D print a brace for its loggerhead sea turtle. It is believed to be the first 3-D-printed brace for a sea turtle’s shell...


Continue reading 22 December 2017   7 jaar oud
Orchidee, Orchid

Large-scale commercial trade of wild orchids is a pressing, but little-recognised conservation problem, according to researchers...


Continue reading 19 December 2017   7 jaar oud
Panda

A new study from North Carolina State University, the Smithsonian and Duke University finds that bamboo lemurs, giant pandas and red pandas share 48 gut microbes in common – despite the fact that they are separated by millions of..


Continue reading 15 December 2017   7 jaar oud
A pod of narwhals

As sea ice melts, new findings add to concerns about the effects of ocean noise and increased human activity on deep-diving Arctic whales...


Continue reading 12 December 2017   7 jaar oud
Berk in Bennekom in 4 seizoenen 2017

With the use of the GrowApp the seasonal change of a birch tree in Bennekom, the Netherlands, was captured by making a time-lapse video. Based on the individual photos, the change of the tree’s greenness over time was determined...


Continue reading 10 December 2017   7 jaar oud
pigeon, duif

New research shows that pigeons can discriminate the abstract concepts of space and time - and seem to use a different region of the brain than humans and primates to do so. The finding underscores that animals beyond humans and..


Continue reading 08 December 2017   7 jaar oud
trees, winter

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), WWF, and BirdLife International today launched the Trillion Trees programme, a 25-year initiative to help implement and scale global forest commitments and spur greater ambitions towards..


Continue reading 05 December 2017   7 jaar oud
Darwin finches

A study of Darwin's finches, which live on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, has revealed direct genetic evidence that new species can arise in just two generations. It all started with the arrival of a strange bird to a..


Continue reading 01 December 2017   7 jaar oud

Climate change discussions on social media are very influential. A new study in BioScience shows that when it comes to iconic topics such as polar bears and retreating sea ice, climate blogs fall into two distinct camps. With..


Continue reading 30 November 2017   7 jaar oud

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