Press Releases Filter Content Filter by year Year: All years202620252024202320222021202020191970 Filter by event type All SenckenbergSenckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum FrankfurtSenckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum FrankfurtSenckenberg Gesellschaft für NaturforschungSenckenberg Naturmuseum FrankfurtSenckenberg Naturmuseum FrankfurtSenckenberg Naturmuseum FrankfurtSenckenberg Research InstituteSenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History MuseumSenckenberg Society for Nature ResearchSenckenberg Society for Nature Research 13-01-26 3 min. Biological diversity evokes happiness: More bird species in their vicinity increase life satisfaction of Europeans as much as higher income 01-01-70 3 min. The Gollum Snakehead gets its own fish family 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 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 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 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 19-11-24 2 min. How brain evolution is linked to the use of tools 29-10-24 4 min. Gentle giants in trouble 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 11-09-24 3 min. Sommer, Sonne, Sandaufspülung: Küstenschutz beeinflusst kleinste Organismen 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 30-07-24 4 min. Europe’s Trial by Fire: Risk of Forest Fires Continues to Rise 02-04-24 3 min. Temple bones in the skulls of dinosaurs and humans alike were formed by feeding habits 16-02-24 4 min. “Live Fast, Die Young”: Agriculture is Transforming Entire Ecosystems 02-11-23 3 min. When hornless rhinos lived in Europe 22-09-23 2 min. A Woman’s Life Dedicated to Turtle Research 05-09-23 4 min. Underestimated Hazard and Resource at the Bottom of the Sea 01-09-23 4 min. Date Palm Diversity 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 16-06-23 3 min. Miniature Snail in a Rock Sandwich 28-02-23 3 min. In the Necrophagous Trap 22-02-23 3 min. Finding a ‘happy medium’ for the local stakeholders of rural landscapes 07-02-23 3 min. Nature’s Future Pharmacy in Peril 11-10-22 3 min. The Thread to the Needle: How our Ancestors Used the Native Flora 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 12-07-22 3 min. Final Destination Deep Sea: Microplastics Impact Ocean Floor Even More Than Assumed 24-06-22 4 min. Opening of the Aha?! Science Lab 24-06-22 5 min. Opening of the Aha?! Science Lab 10-05-22 3 min. Aha?! Science Lab 07-04-22 3 min. Dangerous plastics 19-01-22 4 min. Documenting, protecting and using biological diversity 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 20-08-21 4 min. The Downfall of the European Crayfish: When Economy Triumphs Over Conservation 14-07-21 6 min. Dive Into the Coral Reef Habitat 01-07-21 3 min. Out of Africa – Across the Water 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. Asteroid impact 66 million years ago caused brief bloom of algae and substantial ocean species’ extinction 05-05-21 4 min. Giraffe genomics support four species 04-05-21 3 min. Virus-host on the advance 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 30-03-21 1 min. Chirping Diversity 15-03-21 4 min. Climate change alters river flow 09-02-21 2 min. For most giant tortoises, Darwin came too late 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 17-12-20 3 min. Mikroplastics 8250 Meters Under the Sea 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 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 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 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 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 2 min. Madagaskar-Kopal entpuppt sich als Harz 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 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 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 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 09-09-19 2 min. Herbivores in the Holocene – eenie, meenie, miney, mo, and you must go! 03-09-19 2 min. The Deep Sea – A Legal Vacuum? 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 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
