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Temple bones in the skulls of dinosaurs and humans alike were formed by feeding habits

“Live Fast, Die Young”: Agriculture is Transforming Entire Ecosystems

New study for the first time reveals that measures such as fertilization and mowing affect organisms at all levels of an ecosystem and across entire food chains, thereby accelerating the entire system.

When hornless rhinos lived in Europe

Paleontologists from Tübingen have redefined a rhinoceros genus that had fallen into oblivion.

A Woman’s Life Dedicated to Turtle Research

Turtle researcher Dr. Melita Vamberger of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden is featured in the book “Women in Herpetology” with portraits of 50 women from 50 countries and regions who have dedicated their lives to the study of amphibians and reptiles.

Underestimated Hazard and Resource at the Bottom of the Sea

Today, marine biologist Dr. Mona Hoppenrath from Senckenberg am Meer in Wilhelmshaven, together with international colleagues, presents the second, expanded edition of the world’s most comprehensive identification guide for marine benthic dinoflagellates: “Marine Benthic Dinoflagellates – Their Relevance for Science and Society.”

Date Palm Diversity

A research team has investigated the relationship between cultural and biological diversity for selected oases in the Sahara, using Algeria as a concrete example.

Everything in Flux? First Recovery, then Stagnation: The Status of Biodiversity in European Waters

Senckenberg researchers, in collaboration with a large international team, have examined the state and development of invertebrate biodiversity in European inland waters. After biodiversity in river systems increased significantly from 1968, this positive trend has stagnated since 2010.

Carapace Size: How Turtles Developed Over The Past 200 Million Years

International researchers have compiled the most comprehensive data set to date on body sizes of recent and fossil turtles.

Miniature Snail in a Rock Sandwich

Researchers have described the first fossil Carychium land snails from Florida. The rock layer containing the snail fossils, which are only a few millimeters in size, was accidentally uncovered during construction work and dates from the Pleistocene period between 2.58 million and 11,700 years ago.

In the Necrophagous Trap

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.