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Rapid test to save lives of snakebite victims (04/12/2012) New diagnostic test awarded 1st prize at the Göttingen Innovation Competition..... more |
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Giant harvestman yet to be named (16/10/2012) Arachnologist discovers another giant of the animal world in Laos ... more |
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Osteoporosis in the wold’s oceans: bioeroding sponges are threatening coral reefs (19/09/2012) Winners and losers of ocean acidification... more |
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Newly discovered snake says „No to overexploitation!“ (17/09/2012) List of animal species threatened by mining and deforestation in western Panama augmented... more |
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Teamwork in the tropics (14/09/2012) Pollinators and frugivores are less choosy at the equator... more |
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And then there was light! Discovery of the worlds first eyeless huntsman spider (09/08/2012) The spider carries the name of a Swiss headlamp company
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Tropical climate in the Antarctic (02/08/2012) Palm trees once thrived on today’s icy coasts 52 million years ago... more |
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The world’s greatest plant diversity for the Paleogene (27/07/2012) Over a hundred different plant species recorded from fruits and seeds at the Messel fossil site ... more |
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Outstanding for the past 15 million years (10/07/2012) The Swiss Alps have influenced Europe’s climate since the Miocene ... more |
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The Rhine: Five millions years older than first thought (09/05/2012) Age of the river corrected based on fossils... more |
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Polar bears are evolutionarily older and genetically more distinct than previously known: ancestry traced back to 600,000 years ago (20/04/2012) A study appearing in the current issue of the journal “Science” reveals that polar bears evolved as early as some 600,000 years ago. An international team led by researchers from the German Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) shows the largest arctic carnivore to be five times older than previously recognized. ... more |
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Colourful river crabs: newly discovered and already threatened (17/04/2012) Mining project puts recently identified crab species at risk... more |
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No fear of the “bad wolf” (19/03/2012) Feeding habits of German wolves investigated ... more |