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The picture shows Lake Gosławskie. It was taken by Slawek Cerbin.

Sick water fleas: Does global warming promote infections?

This question concerned researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU).

The picture shows a squirrel. It was taken by Stephanie Kramer-Schadt.

Despite frequent sightings: the habitats of squirrels in Berlin are small and fragmented

Squirrels are among the most commonly sighted wildlife in big cities like Berlin.

The picture shows a flying bat Nathusius pipistrelle. It was taken by Christian Giese.

How can urban and rural bats be distinguished?

Some bat species are more likely to be found in cities than in the countryside. A scientific team from the Freie Universität Berlin,

The picture shows the LakeLab in Lake Stechlin. It was taken by Andreas Jechow.

10th anniversary of the LakeLab

“The LakeLab manages the balancing act between a high degree of realism and stringent experimental conditions”

The picture shows a bat with radio transmitter. It was taken by Manuel Roeleke.

Networking for food – Bats communicate and work together for more efficient foraging

Social hunting strategies are already well documented in many animal species when prey is distributed in an unpredictable way across the landscape

The picture shows Professor Doctor Damaris Zurell and Professor Doctor Florian Jeltsch. It was taken by Tobias Hopfgarten. .

Interviewing Prof. Dr. Damaris Zurell and Prof. Dr. Florian Jeltsch

The world is in crisis. But not only climate change is alarming researchers; the biodiversity crisis has also assumed threatening ...