Nature reports

New research shows how natural patterns in coastal meadows redistribute salt stress, helping vegetation remain productive under increasingly saline conditions. Such a mechanism can enhance the resilience of ecosystems to..

Research in Leiden shows that flowering birch trees can substantially increase the amount of airborne pollen in their immediate surroundings, even though this pollen can also travel over long distances. Much less birch pollen was..

The FlySafe Operational Service provides near real-time information and forecast on large scale bird movement in the air space of the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium based on weather radars. The service can help predict bird..

During extreme heatwaves, soil bacteria that produce and resist antibiotics switch into survival mode, temporarily reducing the number of resistance genes. At the same time, heat and drought are causing significant damage to soils..

Jeroen Helmer has created a new illustration of the sphagnum moss ecosystem, especially for the conference ‘Power to the Peatlands’. This illustration is available free of charge to participants and to anyone wishing to raise..

Which oysters are released matters when restoring European flat oyster reefs. To preserve genetic diversity and prevent inbreeding, the origin and relatedness of the oysters should be considered for each restoration area. This is..

PhD research shows that sharks and rays are present in operational wind farms in the North Sea and that power cables do not form a barrier. Exposure to the electromagnetic fields does, however, affect behaviour and growth. Whether..

A new species of antlion from South India has been named after Mónica Guimarães Cruz, collection manager at Naturalis. The type specimen is, in fact, part of the Naturalis insect collection, which she manages. This gesture is not..

There's black gold to be found on Dutch beaches: ancient fossils. But determining what you have found is no easy task. Researchers from Naturalis and other institutions have trained artificial intelligence to recognize fossils...

The DNA of Asian elephants tells a concerning story. Although all four subspecies are under pressure, there are considerable differences in their genetic health. The Sri Lankan elephant appears to have a relatively large amount of..