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Why do bats approach wind turbines? ๐ฆ
A new study suggests #bats may use turbines as mating "song perches". Their calls could also attract females โ helping explain higher collision risks during mating season. ๐ถ
๐ www.nature.com/articles/s42...
๐ Millions of insect species are disappearing before they are even discovered.
At the Berlin Museum of Natural History, a race against time is underway โ with the help of AI.
What role does AI play in this? ๐
@mfnberlin.bsky.social
Join us in Berlin, 14 - 18 September 2026, to celebrate 100 years of German mammalogy with @mammalbiology.bsky.social.
We'll be hosted by @mfnberlin.bsky.social and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo & Wildlife Research.
Early Bird registration is open until May 31st!
www.mammalian-biology.de/meetings/
Save the Date: Am 28. September 2026 lรคdt mit:forschen! zum Campus Citizen Science ins @mfnberlin.bsky.social ein (9:30โ17:00 Uhr).
Im Fokus steht, welche Kompetenzen โ etwa in Kommunikation & Konfliktmanagement โ fรผr partizipative Forschung entscheidend sind.
โน๏ธ www.mitforschen.org/campus-citiz...
This weekโs Micrometeorite Monday: a "large" S-type cosmic spherule (barred olivine, BO) recovered from the Sรธr Rondane Mountains! Its parallel striations are the signature feature of the BO subtype, the most common S-type! โ๏ธ
Credit: Dr. Hasse (@mfnberlin.bsky.social)
@amgc-vub.bsky.social
How can urban gardening support #biodiversity? ๐ฑ
A new catalogue shows practical ways to create habitats for #plants, #insects and other #wildlife โ from flowering areas to green faรงades and near-natural ponds. ๐
#CitizenScience in action! ๐ค
๐ mediatum.ub.tum.de/1781539
๐จ Valentina Arros
How should I publish my digital fossil? Recommendations for the publication of comprehensive 3D datasets in palaeontological studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @daniajinn.bsky.social @mfnberlin.bsky.social @dfg.de @datadryad.bsky.social #FossilFriday
ยกViva ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข! ๐ฆ
New #research suggests that Spiny-tailed Iguanas on Clarion Island in #Mexico, previously considered invasive species and planned to be eradicated, are part of the native fauna and should be protected! ๐
๐ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
๐ธ Daniel G. Mulcahy
๐ธ Rare fossils from Tanzania have revealed the oldest known ancestors of modern frogs found in Africa, dating back to the Jurassic period.
๐ฆด These specimens were discovered in the Tendaguru Formation.
Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/fr.29.175525
@mfnberlin.bsky.social
Toads without tadpoles? Some give birth to fully developed young! ๐ธ
Researchers discovered new species from #Tanzania using specimens from our wet collection, some over 120 years old. Their habitats are rapidly disappearing. ๐
๐ doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
๐ธ M. Menegon (1, 2), J. V. Lyakurwa (3)
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Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology 100th Anniversary of the DGS Berlin 14 - 18 September 2026
Millions of insect species are becoming extinct before they are even discovered. The Museum of Natural History in Berlin is using AI in a race against time.
