Nature reports

Can animal populations adapt to climate change by becoming genetically similar to more southerly populations? That is the question posed by ecologist Natalie van Dis. This knowledge could indicate which populations are most at..

The Netherlands is a delta, a country that exists by the grace of water. Yet only in 1957 a professional ecological research institute for fresh water was established: the Hydrobiological Institute, a precursor of NIOO-KNAW. In..

Natural pest control in agriculture is more promising if there are sufficient other landscape elements near a field that provide additional food for predatory insects. It is also good to grow several crops side by side that differ..

Rewilding as a strategy for nature conservation is gaining popularity. The promotion of natural processes is key. The resulting biodiversity is often limited to large mammals and birds, invertebrates are rarely taken into..

The Dutch landscape is losing plant species that rely on pollination by insects, while plants pollinated by wind are proportionally increasing. Leiden environmental scientist Kaixuan Pan demonstrates this after analysing 87 years..

Data gaps make it challenging to understand ecology, distribution, and conservation needs of wild bees in Europe. BeeFall compiles ecological data to map distribution, variation, trends, and interactions. It allows citizen..

Since 2018, researchers from Wageningen University & Research have been measuring bees and flowers across the Geuldal area of South Limburg to understand how to improve habitat for bees. A recent study shows that across five years..

Since the discovery that mosquitoes can transmit diseases, researchers have been interested in their distribution. However, the insect often continues to be a city resident that remains unnoticed. Therefore, researchers have now..

Every Christmas the stories resurface: supposedly about 25,000 creatures are living in your Christmas tree. Exactly how much of this is true and which insects can actually be found? Naturalis' insect expert Aglaia Bouma can tell..

Capgemini experts, together with Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Amazon Web Services, have developed AI models that recognize insect sounds. This is important both for research and nature conservation. ..