Press Releases Filter Filter by year Year: All years202620252024202320222021202020192018201720161970 Filter by event type All SenckenbergSenckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungSenckenberg Naturmuseum FrankfurtSenckenberg Naturmuseum FrankfurtSenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History MuseumSenckenberg Society for Nature Research 05-03-26 4 min. Tracing the Venom: Genetic Material of a Living Fossil Decoded 03-03-26 4 min. Tiny, Blind, and no Skull Roof: New Fish Species Discovered from a Well 27-02-26 4 min. How birds achieve sweet success 30-01-26 5 min. From Brown to Green: Ground Personnel on Permanent Duty 15-01-26 6 min. More Species across Thousands of Kilometers: The Secret Life on the Deep-Sea Floor 12-01-26 5 min. Type Genomics: DNA Treasure in the Collections 06-01-26 5 min. Tropical Time Machine: With a Teaspoon of Mud Back into the Past 18-12-25 4 min. Tiny Archives: Metabolic Molecules Store the Prehistoric World 17-12-25 5 min. Rivers: too little protection in the protected area 11-12-25 5 min. Bears: Changing the Menu in a Warming Climate 24-11-25 5 min. Hidden gems of the abyss: New Deep-Sea Coral Found Living on Nodules Targeted for Mining 21-10-25 4 min. “Move BON”: New Global Network for the Study of Animal Movement 01-10-25 4 min. 300,000-year-old Genomes: History of the Schöningen Horses Deciphered 26-09-25 3 min. Genetic Diversity: Nature’s Underestimated Lifeline 24-09-25 4 min. Are We Unique? 22-09-25 4 min. 112-million-year-old Time Capsule: Oldest Amber Insects from South America Discovered 19-09-25 4 min. The Earth’s Lungs: Diversity as a Survival Strategy 19-09-25 4 min. Beech Forests: Fit for Climate Change? 15-08-25 4 min. Fossil Find in Syria: Unknown Sea Turtle Discovered 11-08-25 5 min. Angola: Wild Animal Trade Threatens Biodiversity and Health 01-07-25 4 min. Small Tools, Big Animals: 430,000-year-old Butchery Investigated 18-06-25 4 min. Drive to survive: The seemingly impossible reproduction of dogroses hinges on a centromere trick 14-05-25 6 min. Raccoons: Invasion on Four Paws 09-05-25 4 min. Not So Hot After All? Fossil Lizards and Snakes Reveal New Information About the Eocene Climate 30-04-25 5 min. Visible from Space: Loss of Genetic Plant Diversity 29-04-25 4 min. 47-Million-year-old Buzzing: First Fossil Cicada Discovered in the Messel Pit 24-04-25 4 min. Frankfurt Conservation Award (Bruno H. Schubert Prize): International Award for Teaching, Research, and Applied Nature Conservation 03-04-25 4 min. A Deep-sea Octopus is the “Mollusk of the Year 2025” 20-03-25 4 min. Frogs, Cocoa, and Grazing Livestock: How Humans and Amphibians Can Coexist 05-03-25 4 min. Oases: Diversity Without Protection 03-03-25 4 min. “Mollusc of the year 2025” Competition 28-02-25 3 min. Cracking the Mollusc Code: Genomes Reveal the Ancient Ancestor of Your Garden Snail 20-02-25 3 min. The Dark Side of Light: Night-time Illumination Threatens Insects 29-01-25 3 min. Bats: Corona Without Symptoms 29-01-25 4 min. How Can We Help Our Rivers? 29-01-25 4 min. Bats: Corona Without Symptoms 29-01-25 4 min. How Can We Help Our Rivers? 27-01-25 4 min. Just Five More Minutes: News On the Evolution of Hibernation 27-01-25 5 min. Just Five More Minutes: News On the Evolution of Hibernation 16-01-25 3 min. Sea More Species? Genetic Differences Discovered in Blue Whale Populations 16-01-25 3 min. Sea More Species? Genetic Differences Discovered in Blue Whale Populations 17-12-24 4 min. Deep-sea Research: “International Prize for Biology” goes to Senckenberg’s Angelika Brandt 17-12-24 5 min. Deep-sea Research: “International Prize for Biology” goes to Senckenberg’s Angelika Brandt 16-12-24 4 min. Goodbye LOEWE, Hello Frankfurt: Genomic Research on Biodiversity Continues 22-11-24 3 min. With a Bite: World’s Largest Worm Lizard Fossil Discovered 20-11-24 4 min. Neither Desolate nor Empty: Deep-sea Floor Teems with Life 19-11-24 2 min. How brain evolution is linked to the use of tools 31-10-24 4 min. Lake Messel: A Death Trap for Bats? 30-10-24 3 min. The Lion’s Den: Use of Ochre 48,000 Years Ago 29-10-24 4 min. Gentle giants in trouble 23-10-24 3 min. Rapid genome analysis of a Whippet sighthound sets new standard for biodiversity research 23-10-24 4 min. Birth: It’s a Tight Squeeze for Chimpanzees, Too 22-10-24 8 min. Intergenerational Return of Significant Cultural Heritage Material to Yuendumu and the Warlpiri Project 08-10-24 3 min. Exploring genetic diversity 07-10-24 3 min. Enzymes in spider venom have bioeconomic potential 27-09-24 5 min. Outstanding Look into the Depths: 2024 Senckenberg Prizes Go to Marine Researchers 10-09-24 4 min. Brake-checked: Tire Abrasion Threatens Fresh Water Habitats 20-08-24 3 min. Concealed Among Deep-water Corals: New Fish Species Discovered In Mauritanian Waters 16-08-24 5 min. Ice Age Europeans: Climate Change Caused a Drastic Decline in Hunter-Gatherers 15-08-24 3 min. “Living Cans”: Historic Displacement Helps Protect Endangered Tortoises 06-08-24 4 min. The Race for Species Discovery: 11 new marine species and a new platform for rapid species description established 06-08-24 4 min. Book scorpion venom also effective against hospital germs 30-07-24 4 min. Europe’s Trial by Fire: Risk of Forest Fires Continues to Rise 26-07-24 3 min. Bats of the Oceans: Dolphins Already Used Narrow-band Sound Waves for Orientation Five Million Years Ago 08-07-24 2 min. Mysterious Beetle: New Species from Guatemala Discovered 04-07-24 4 min. Grasses in the Fog: Plants Support Life in the Desert 26-06-24 3 min. Senckenberg Researcher Peter Haase Recognized as “International Champion” 11-06-24 4 min. Unknown helpers of the soil 18-04-24 4 min. A luminous land snail is the “International Mollusc of the Year 2024” 11-04-24 3 min. ERC Advanced Grant for Paleoanthropologist Gabriele Macho 02-04-24 3 min. Temple bones in the skulls of dinosaurs and humans alike were formed by feeding habits 19-03-24 3 min. Small Deep-sea Flower Storms the Charts 13-03-24 3 min. Newly discovered: Fossil giant turtle named after Stephen King novel character 13-03-24 3 min. Vote for the "International Mollusc of the Year 2024" 27-02-24 3 min. 12 mm fish produces 140-Decibel Sound 16-02-24 4 min. “Live Fast, Die Young”: Agriculture is Transforming Entire Ecosystems 15-02-24 4 min. An increase in blood-sucking black flies is expected in Germany 08-02-24 4 min. Unchanged over millions of years 29-01-24 3 min. Back to the Future: Climate Change in Central Asia 26-01-24 4 min. Water Quality of Europe’s Rivers: Better, But Not Good Enough 16-01-24 3 min. Africa’s chance for green electricity 04-01-24 3 min. Fossil Birds: A Hard Bone to Crack 12-12-23 4 min. Biodiversity below ground 28-11-23 3 min. Early Humans in the Paleolithic Age: More Than Just Game on the Menu 14-11-23 3 min. Hidden or extinct? 02-11-23 3 min. When hornless rhinos lived in Europe 26-10-23 3 min. Learning from bats: ERC Synergy Grant 2023 for Senckenberg genomicist Prof. Michael Hiller 16-10-23 3 min. Brazilian Rainforest 2050: Frogs or Real Estate? 10-10-23 3 min. High Mountains, High Diversity: For How Long Have the Andes Controlled South America’s Biodiversity? 09-10-23 4 min. Darwin or Kimura – Natural Selection or Pure Chance? 22-09-23 2 min. A Woman’s Life Dedicated to Turtle Research 18-09-23 4 min. The Agony of Choice: In Which Nature Reserves Should We Invest in the Future? 15-09-23 4 min. How Hessian researchers unveil the venomous secrets of European snakes 05-09-23 4 min. Underestimated Hazard and Resource at the Bottom of the Sea 01-09-23 4 min. Date Palm Diversity 10-08-23 3 min. Database with 2,400 prehistoric sites 10-08-23 4 min. Various evolutionary forces shape the human skeleton 09-08-23 4 min. Everything in Flux? First Recovery, then Stagnation: The Status of Biodiversity in European Waters 08-08-23 3 min. Carapace Size: How Turtles Developed Over The Past 200 Million Years 02-08-23 4 min. Sustainable support for the Common hamster 01-08-23 3 min. The very hungry Caterpillar: 60 Million-year-old Feeding Traces 31-07-23 3 min. Family History at the Shell Mound 19-07-23 2 min. A Beetle from the Ashes 13-07-23 3 min. Deep Sea Trench: Garbage Dump on the Sea Floor 23-06-23 2 min. Support for the Red List: Senckenberg Becomes Part of the IUCN Network 16-06-23 3 min. Miniature Snail in a Rock Sandwich 13-06-23 3 min. Giessen venom researcher meets Nobel Laureates 02-06-23 4 min. A fire brigade against dangerous mosquitoes 30-05-23 3 min. Frog With Baggage: Invasive Species Do Not Arrive Alone 12-05-23 4 min. 300,000-Year-Old Snapshot: Oldest Human Footprints from Germany Found 11-05-23 3 min. Funded Pandemic Prevention 27-04-23 3 min. Sophisticated gene memory 20-04-23 3 min. The genome of the smallest baleen whale provides insight into evolution and tumor resistance 28-03-23 3 min. 80-Million-Year-Old Rainforest 27-03-23 5 min. A Year at Senckenberg: Art, City Insects, Nature, and Medicine 23-03-23 4 min. The Chilean Abalone is "International Mollusc of the Year 2023" 22-03-23 3 min. Caves as Archives of the Past: New Leibniz ScienceCampus in Tübingen 21-03-23 2 min. 99 Huntsman Spider Species 07-03-23 4 min. Decline in Nutrient Load and Sea-level Rise: Winners and Losers in the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site 02-03-23 9 min. War in Ukraine threatens freshwater resources and water infrastructure 01-03-23 3 min. Which mollusc will be "International Mollusc of the Year 2023"? 01-03-23 4 min. Ice Age Survivors 28-02-23 3 min. In the Necrophagous Trap 24-02-23 3 min. Genomics for biodiversity conservation 22-02-23 3 min. Finding a ‘happy medium’ for the local stakeholders of rural landscapes 21-02-23 4 min. The genetic shades of the brown bear 15-02-23 4 min. Evolution in Absolute Darkness: New Fish Species Discovered in India 14-02-23 3 min. Tiny Diversity: New Species of Microsnails Discovered 07-02-23 3 min. Nature’s Future Pharmacy in Peril 12-01-23 4 min. Molecular Archeology: 1200-Year-Old DNA Sequences From Madagascar Lead to the Discovery of an Extinct Tortoise 12-01-23 3 min. Extraordinary flight artists 12-01-23 3 min. Genetic data from the Altai 7,500 years ago indicate high mobility of ancient hunter-gatherers 20-12-22 3 min. Less helps more 15-12-22 4 min. Natural products against flu viruses 07-12-22 4 min. Appeal to Montreal: Protection for Deep-Sea Species 29-11-22 5 min. Frankfurt Declaration: Together for Biological Diversity 14-11-22 3 min. Messel Boa: Live Birth in a 47-Million-Year-Old Snake 11-11-22 5 min. Researching the environmental impacts of deep-seabed mining 07-11-22 3 min. New Venomous Snakes Discovered in Colombia 25-10-22 3 min. Hairy Snail Discovered in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber 20-10-22 5 min. Understanding Climate – Lessons from the Past 11-10-22 3 min. The Thread to the Needle: How our Ancestors Used the Native Flora 27-09-22 5 min. Back in the wetlands 08-09-22 3 min. Previously unknown species of dinosaur identified in south-western Germany 05-09-22 3 min. What fossils reveal about hybridization of early humans 09-08-22 3 min. When the Forest Left the Apes 04-08-22 3 min. Ziggy Stardust and the 54 Spiders 12-07-22 3 min. Final Destination Deep Sea: Microplastics Impact Ocean Floor Even More Than Assumed 11-07-22 3 min. Triple Crisis for Africa’s Biodiversity 07-07-22 3 min. More Ocean Protection: New Indicators for Marine Ecosystem Protection Developed 06-07-22 3 min. An eye on genes 04-07-22 2 min. Europe’s Most Recent Fossil Giant Tortoise Discovered 24-06-22 4 min. Opening of the Aha?! Science Lab 27-05-22 3 min. Endangered but not harmed 19-05-22 4 min. Berlin Declaration: For the Future of Humankind 18-05-22 2 min. Flexible Apes: How Orangutan Mothers Communicate With Their Offspring 17-05-22 2 min. Deliberate Torching 9,500 Years Ago 10-05-22 3 min. Aha?! Science Lab 29-04-22 5 min. Senckenberg Prize 2022: The World of Forests 20-04-22 2 min. INVITATION to a Press Conference Senckenberg Night and award ceremony of the Senckenberg Prize to evolutionary biologist Prof. Alexandre Antonelli and Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, environmentalist and founder of Tompkins Conservation 19-04-22 2 min. Youth Earth Talk – Forests for Future 07-04-22 3 min. Dangerous plastics 30-03-22 3 min. Depth Drives Diversity 25-03-22 4 min. Vampires with genetic defects 18-03-22 3 min. The Cuban painted snail is "Mollusc of the Year 2022" 16-03-22 4 min. Walk of life: Gazelle travels more than 18,000 kilometers 25-02-22 3 min. Wondrous molluscs 14-02-22 2 min. Preserved in Tree Resin: Bees Became Extinct Before They Were Discovered 08-02-22 2 min. Rock Fossils on Tour 19-01-22 4 min. Documenting, protecting and using biological diversity 14-12-21 2 min. Newly Discovered: A Cave Snail With Spiky Teeth 19-11-21 3 min. 2100: Odyssey in the Deep Sea 17-11-21 3 min. How Did We End Up With The Proper Sniffer? 15-11-21 3 min. Over 50 Percent Of All Turtle Species Are Threatened 13-10-21 3 min. Sensitive Frogs: The Rainforest Heals More Slowly Than Previously Assumed 23-09-21 3 min. Diversity matters: Species richness keeps ecosystems running 23-09-21 2 min. Translucent with a Tiny Brain: New Fish Species Discovered in Myanmar 20-08-21 4 min. The Downfall of the European Crayfish: When Economy Triumphs Over Conservation 04-08-21 3 min. Ostrich evolution revealed 29-07-21 3 min. Expensive Invasion 20-07-21 3 min. Genome reveals that lichens can produce different climate-specific natural substances 15-07-21 4 min. Reliable Wolf-Dog Hybrid Detection 14-07-21 6 min. Dive Into the Coral Reef Habitat 01-07-21 3 min. Out of Africa – Across the Water 24-06-21 4 min. Current conservation practices may be failing to protect life in the soil 23-06-21 3 min. Bird migration takes plants in the wrong direction to cope with climate change 18-06-21 4 min. Ride a heat wave or get damaged 17-06-21 3 min. Dry Rivers 17-06-21 3 min. Asteroid impact 66 million years ago caused brief bloom of algae and substantial ocean species’ extinction 08-06-21 2 min. Fossilized: 99-Million-Year-Old Birth 07-06-21 2 min. “Zombie Frog” Discovered 20-05-21 3 min. Climate change might even drive widespread mammal species to extinction 05-05-21 4 min. Giraffe genomics support four species 04-05-21 3 min. Virus-host on the advance 03-05-21 3 min. On the Brink: Brazil’s Coastal Rainforest 26-04-21 3 min. Transparent Fish without a Skull Roof 21-04-21 3 min. A Snake Crosses the Alps 15-04-21 4 min. Raccoons and raccoon dogs are expected to expand their ranges in Europe 06-04-21 4 min. Skin deep: When mammals re-entered water 31-03-21 3 min. Biodiversity is positively related to mental health 30-03-21 1 min. Chirping Diversity 23-03-21 3 min. Flowers for Mosbrugger 15-03-21 4 min. Climate change alters river flow 11-03-21 3 min. Messel Fly: The Last Meal 08-03-21 3 min. Company for the Greta Spider 04-03-21 2 min. When Wolves Became Dogs 15-02-21 3 min. New snake species and genus discovered in Myanmar 09-02-21 2 min. For most giant tortoises, Darwin came too late 01-02-21 3 min. Mollusc of the year 2021: The Greater Argonaut 21-01-21 3 min. Grain storage: natural substances more effective than chemical insecticides 23-12-20 3 min. Research Trip From Iceland to the Azores 22-12-20 1 min. To the permanent exhibition "Coral Reef" 17-12-20 3 min. Mikroplastics 8250 Meters Under the Sea 16-12-20 2 min. Messel: World’s Oldest Python Found 14-12-20 3 min. Medicine From The Ocean 11-12-20 3 min. An Italian slug conquers the World 09-12-20 4 min. Only One Native Fish Species In The River 04-12-20 3 min. Biological diversity evokes happiness: More bird species in their vicinity increase life satisfaction of Europeans as much as higher income 20-11-20 3 min. Researchers develop a new test to better assess environmental impact of substances 16-11-20 2 min. After 1760 It Is Called Resin 09-11-20 4 min. Partial autonomy 27-10-20 3 min. A tale of two seasons: climate drives winter migration in birds but not the return to breeding sites 09-10-20 2 min. A Frog Conquers Galápagos 30-09-20 3 min. The Gollum Snakehead gets its own fish family 29-09-20 2 min. A Small Piece Of Jurassic Park 07-09-20 4 min. The distribution range of Ebola virus carriers in Africa may be larger than previously assumed 24-08-20 3 min. Ecologists put controversial biodiversity experiments to the test 28-07-20 3 min. A 55-Million-Year-Old Owl Skeleton 22-07-20 3 min. Extreme environmental conditions can lead to a massive global reshuffling of biodiversity 14-07-20 3 min. Cats: Independent for 6,000 Years 13-07-20 3 min. Against the Trends: Local Changes in Species Diversity in Europe 09-07-20 4 min. The Ups and Downs of a Mega-Lake 03-07-20 3 min. Tangled relationships: A new large-scale project studies nature’s value for Humans 19-06-20 4 min. "Hard Rock" in the deep sea 12-06-20 2 min. A spider named Greta 10-06-20 3 min. Kissing bugs also find suitable climatic conditions in Europe 02-06-20 3 min. “Dead Urchin Walking” on the Ocean Floor 28-05-20 3 min. Przewalski’s Horse: The Long Way Back into Freedom 19-05-20 3 min. Madagascar Copals Turn Out to be Resin 18-05-20 3 min. When the Atlantic met the Alps: West Winds Have Determined Central European Climate for 14.5 Million Years 12-05-20 2 min. Cave Bear: A Vegetarian Carnivore 07-05-20 3 min. Climate Change: Aquatic Insect Numbers Down by 81 Percent 21-04-20 3 min. Mata Mata Turtle: A New Species Discovered 07-04-20 3 min. Shell Puzzle: An Additional Piece Added to the Evolution of Turtles 01-04-20 3 min. Switch of Partners in Lichens is Predictable 30-03-20 3 min. Defaunation in rainforests could have more severe consequences for ecosystems than previously reported 19-03-20 3 min. Fossil Snake with Infrared Vision 27-02-20 3 min. Deep-Sea Critter Named after Metallica 16-01-20 4 min. Potential to adapt is revealed by evolutionary genomics 07-01-20 3 min. When the past catches up on you: Land-use impacts biodiversity in the long-term 18-11-19 3 min. Researchers find ingredient for new mosquitocidal agent which is produced by cultivated edible mushroom 24-10-19 3 min. Extinct Crimean Lizard was an Italian 23-10-19 3 min. On a Downward Slope: An Increase in Forest Fires Threatens Spruce and Fir Trees in Southeastern Europe 18-09-19 3 min. A Miniature Pelagornithid from the Giant Penguin fossil site 12-09-19 2 min. Habitat on Fire: Newly Discovered Frog Species Under Threat 09-09-19 2 min. Herbivores in the Holocene – eenie, meenie, miney, mo, and you must go! 17-07-19 2 min. Newly Discovered: Fossil Slender-billed Albatross 17-07-19 3 min. Newly Discovered: Fossil Slender-billed Albatross 04-07-19 2 min. 30,000-Year-Old Murder Solved 02-07-19 2 min. Fossil Water Flea Comes Alive 28-03-19 3 min. A double burden: Land use and climate jointly alter montane biodiversity and ecosystems 27-03-19 3 min. Europe’s farmlands are losing their insect-eating birds 25-03-19 3 min. The big picture about climate change emerges from looking at small bivalves 25-01-18 3 min. Mammals move less in human-modified landscapes 27-02-17 3 min. New insights into the mechanisms into how ungulates got bigger in the Neogene 15-09-16 4 min. For 20 Million Years, the Diversity of Large Terrestrial Mammals Depended on Plant Growth 01-01-70 3 min. The invasion continues: Alien species expected to increase by 36% worldwide until 2050 3 min. Edmond’s Prehistoric Realm – A Dinosaur Excavation in Frankfurt No press releases found with this filtering
