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The Chilean Abalone is "International Mollusc of the Year 2023"

Result of the public vote is now official
It is a large, carnivorous limpet with a heavy shell – and the "International Mollusc of the Year 2023"! The Chilean Abalone (Concholepas concholepas) received the most support in the public online voting.more

PM_Bernstein Aasfresserfalle — In the Necrophagous Trap
Cretaceous amber preserves lizard carcass with necrophagous insects – ants are not among them
An international team of scientists led by Mónica Solórzano Kraemer of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt has studied a series of excellently preserved Cretaceous amber specimens containing lizard carcasses enclosed together with carrion- eating insects.more

Decline in Nutrient Load and Sea-level Rise: Winners and Losers in the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site
Long-term study reveals changes in benthic communities in the East-Frisian Wadden Sea as a result of environmental and climatic changes
The researchers attribute the change in species composition in the East-Frisian Wadden Sea to a reduced nutrient load and the effects of a rising sea level on the benthic communities in the tidal flats.more

Press release from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN)
War in Ukraine threatens freshwater resources and water infrastructure
In addition to the horror of the direct consequences of war, the destruction of water infrastructure also carries long-term consequences and risks for the population, the environment and global food security. more

Ice Age Survivors
Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years – they took shelter in Western Europe but died out on the Italian peninsula
With the largest dataset of prehistoric European hunter-gatherer genomes ever generated, an international research team has rewritten the genetic history of our ancestors. more

The Chilean Abalone is "International Mollusc of the Year 2023"

Result of the public vote is now official
In the Necrophagous Trap
Cretaceous amber preserves lizard carcass with necrophagous insects – ants are not among them
Decline in Nutrient Load and Sea-level Rise: Winners and Losers in the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site
Long-term study reveals changes in benthic communities in the East-Frisian Wadden Sea as a result of environmental and climatic changes
Press release from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN)
War in Ukraine threatens freshwater resources and water infrastructure
Ice Age Survivors
Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years – they took shelter in Western Europe but died out on the Italian peninsula

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Sammlung Ichthyologie Dr. Tilman Alpermann — Groundbreaking global database connects more than 1 billion objects in collections of natural history museums
Senckenberg is part of an initiative that has mapped the total collections from 73 of the world’s largest natural history museums in 28 countries. Organized by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, the American Museum of Natural History Museum in New York City, and the Natural History Museum in London, the survey is the first step in an ambitious effort to inventory the global holdings of natural history collections. As a unique archive of our planet’s history, they can help scientists and decisionmakers find solutions to urgent, wide-ranging issues such as climate change, food insecurity, human health, pandemic preparedness, biodiversity and wildlife conservation. The findings were published today in Science magazine in the paper, “A Global Approach for Natural History Museum Collections.”

The Global Collections Dashboard is publicly available online. It lays the groundwork for a global network of natural history museums to activate the collective knowledge derived from their collections to meet the challenges of the climate and biodiversity crisis.
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Understanding Climate
Special exhibition
How do natural scientists study the climate of the past? And how can this knowledge help us to better understand our climate future? These questions are addressed by the new special exhibition “Understanding Climate – Lessons from the Past” at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum.
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The three museums of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research display exciting results of Senckenberg research as well as globally unique exhibits and changing exhibitions on important topics of natural science.

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut Frankfurt Außenansicht

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Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum

Frankfurt/M.

Frankfurt am Main is the headquarters location of Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN). It is the home of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, which also comprises the research stations Weimar, Gelnhausen, and the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Messel Pit.”more

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Görlitz

The roots of the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz go back to the year 1811, when the “Ornithological Society of Görlitz” was founded. Today the scientists at the museum record the diversity of life on earth, the interactions between organisms, and the organisms’ status and function within the ecosystems. Experts around the globe make use of these museum collections to find answers to their scientific questions.more

A. B. Meyer-Bau, Außenansicht, Foto F. Höhler, 2003

Senckenberg Natural History Collections

Dresden

Since January 1, 2009 the group formerly known as the State Natural History Collections of Dresden has been a member of the Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, together with the Zoology Museum and the Museum for Mineralogy and Geology. The roots of the Dresden Natural History Collections extend back into the 16th century.more

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The Hidden Beauty of the Deep Sea

Interview with Dr. Gritta Veit-Köhler

Her first expedition to Antarctica happened more than 20 years ago. Since then, Gritta Veit-Köhler has been researching the peculiarities of organisms in the seafloor that are smaller than one millimeter and represent the so-called meiofauna.

Auslesen einer archäobotanischen Probe auf bestimmbare Taxa im Labor für Archäobotanik

Simone Riehl Uni Tübingen

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Why are we the way we are?

An Interview with archaeologist Bárbara Rodriguez Álvarez

Since Bárbara Rodriguez Álvarez got a fossil of an ammonite by her dad when she was a kid, she has been studying the traces of the past as an archaeologist.

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Wolf monitoring at Senckenberg

Interview with Dr. Carsten Nowak

There have been wolves in Germany since they returned twenty years ago. This has caused controversy in politics and the media to this day. Dr. Carsten Nowak from the Senckenberg Research Institute speaks about wolf monitoring and Senckenberg's role as a reference center in Germany.

SGN, Krister T. Smith

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A big and very challenging puzzle

Interview with Dr. habil. Krister T. Smith

How does climate (change) influence ecological cycles and what can fossils teach us about the climate of past times? Paleontologist Dr.Smith is fascinated about the roots of life. In this interview, he explains the origins of his excitement for Paleoherpetology and sheds light on the secrets hidden in the Messel Pit.

Tockner Talks

In “Tockner Talks”, Klement Tockner, Director General of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, answers questions on current Earth system research that concern many people. From species loss or the acute and much-discussed topic of invasive species to climate protection and whether technology can stop global warming – the range of topics extends into all spheres of earthly life and makes this series a must for anyone interested in biodiversity.

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Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner
Director General of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research

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The Chilean Abalone is "International Mollusc of the Year 2023"

Result of the public vote is now official

In the Necrophagous Trap

Cretaceous amber preserves lizard carcass with necrophagous insects – ants are not among them

Decline in Nutrient Load and Sea-level Rise: Winners and Losers in the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site

Long-term study reveals changes in benthic communities in the East-Frisian Wadden Sea as a result of environmental and climatic changes

Press release from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN)

War in Ukraine threatens freshwater resources and water infrastructure

Ice Age Survivors

Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years – they took shelter in Western Europe but died out on the Italian peninsula

The Chilean Abalone is "International Mollusc of the Year 2023"

Result of the public vote is now official

In the Necrophagous Trap

Cretaceous amber preserves lizard carcass with necrophagous insects – ants are not among them

Decline in Nutrient Load and Sea-level Rise: Winners and Losers in the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site

Long-term study reveals changes in benthic communities in the East-Frisian Wadden Sea as a result of environmental and climatic changes

Press release from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN)

War in Ukraine threatens freshwater resources and water infrastructure

Ice Age Survivors

Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years – they took shelter in Western Europe but died out on the Italian peninsula

Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research

Groundbreaking global database connects more than 1 billion objects in collections of natural history museums

Understanding Climate

Special exhibition

The three museums of the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research display exciting results of Senckenberg research as well as globally unique exhibits and changing exhibitions on important topics of natural science.

Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum

Frankfurt/M.

Senckenberg Museum of Natural History

Görlitz

Senckenberg Natural History Collections

Dresden

Senckenberg Distinguished Lecture Series

Emerging Frontiers in Nature Research

Published by Senckenberg

Senckenberg Publications

New Publications

Scientific Journals

The Senckenberg Science Magazine

Senckenberg Books

Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research

Support Senckenberg

Senckenberg up close

Senckenberg up close

The Hidden Beauty of the Deep Sea

Interview with Dr. Gritta Veit-Köhler

Senckenberg up close

Why are we the way we are?

An Interview with archaeologist Bárbara Rodriguez Álvarez

Senckenberg Topics

Wolf monitoring at Senckenberg

Interview with Dr. Carsten Nowak

Senckenberg up close

A big and very challenging puzzle

Interview with Dr. habil. Krister T. Smith

Tockner Talks

Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner

Our Collections

Knowledge Resources

Collections

Program Research Infrastructure

Knowledge Resources

Databases

Program Research Infrastructure

AQUiLA

New search portal for Senckenberg collections

Edaphobase

Open access Data Warehouse for Soil Biodiversity

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