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Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (Bonn & Hamburg) Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (Bonn & Hamburg) #biodiversitychange #collections #naturalhistorymuseum #outreach #exhibitions #evolution #taxonomy #genomics
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Am Mittwoch, 8.10., im Museum Koenig Bonn:
18.30h Podiumsdiskussion "Artenvielfalt bewahren – Für die Gesundheit von Mensch und Umwelt": bonn.leibniz-lib.de/de/veranstal...

Am Donnerstag, 9.10., im Museum der Natur Hamburg: 15-17h Bastelprogramm & Kinderkino hamburg.leibniz-lib.de/de/veranstal...
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📌 Täglich bei Achtung Artenvielfalt!: Klimatage in Sinzheim, Sonderführungen zum Artenschutz im Tropen-Aquarium Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Flatterzeit im Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Pflanzung von Zukunftsgärten in Buxtehude.

📖 Programm: www.achtung-artenvielfalt.de
Dekoratives Bild, das den folgenden Text trägt: Programmübersicht. Bundesweit und vielfältig: Das sind die täglich wiederkehrenden Veranstaltungen im Aktionszeitraum 6. bis 12. Oktober. Das ganze Programm: www.achtung-artenvielfalt.de Dekoratives Bild, auf dem der folgende Text steht. Baden-Württemberg: Sinzheim, "Sinzheimer Klimatage" mit verschiedenen Events. Hamburg: Tropen-Aquarium Hagenbeck, Sonderführungen zum Thema Artenschutz. Dekoratives Bild auf dem der folgende Text steht. Hessen: Palmengarten Frankfurt, Flatterzeit im Blüten- und Schmetterlingshaus - Ausstellung. Niedersachsen: Buxtehude, Gemeinschaftsgarten am Friedensplatz, Pflanzung zweier neuer Zukunftsgärten. Dekoratives Bild, das die Logos der Kooperationspartner von Achtung Artenvielfalt! zeigt: FEdA, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, die Leibniz-Naturkundemuseen mit dem Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Deutsche Naturwissenschaftliche Forschungssammlungen e.V.. Gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt.
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Achtung Absage: Der Vortrag am 9.10. um 18h im Museum der Natur Hamburg muss leider krankheitsbedingt abgesagt werden.
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#LIBresearch: New study by Dennis Rödder & colleagues models #ClimateChange impacts on the tiger gecko (Goniurosaurus luii). Results show a “narrow door” effect, where only species with certain traits can persist. 🦎
doi.org/10.3897/natu...

© Adobe Stock, Pavaphon
#Geckos #ExtinctionRisk
Tiger Gecko
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Fun fact: Pseudoscorpions are tiny #arachnids look like mini-scorpions but lack a sting.
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#LIBresearch: New study by Danilo Harms (LIB) & colleagues finds a new genus of #pseudoscorpions in SW Australia. 🕷️
The team describes 12 new species in rainforest refuges -showing hidden diversity & the value of DNA + morphology for conservation.
dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS25...

© Adobe Stock, edoncu
Pseudoscorpion
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40 Forschungsprojekte zum Erhalt der #Biodiversität, eine Ausstellung, eine Aktionswoche und der Faktencheck Artenvielfalt gehören zur Forschungsinitiative zum Erhalt der Artenvielfalt (FEdA). Jetzt stellen wir uns in einem Imagefilm vor. Schaut mal rein! youtu.be/gWpLJaNoads?...
🌐 www.feda.bio
Forschen für Artenvielfalt - FEdA stellt sich vor
YouTube video by FEdA_Biodiversität
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We are looking for a #Scientist in Molecular Biodiversity Research: 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-14-...

Deadline: Oct 7, 2025.
If you have difficulties accessing our job portal, please contact A. Pfeifer (+49 228 9122 203) or [email protected]

#ScienceJobs #TeamLIB
Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity Change Analysis (LIB) is looking for:
Scientist in molecular biodiversity research
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Our paper on Nautilus sex determination made the cover of @currentbiology.bsky.social !
With @reef-combo.bsky.social @anariesgo.bsky.social and Hector Torrado!
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Check it out now!
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Our latest issue is out!👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...

On the cover: Nautilus ≈ 🐙+🐚

(Maybe — like the Nautilus — our journal is a living fossil, believing in the interest and inspiration our readers might draw from the diversity of biological systems, questions and approaches we try to feature🙏 )
Nautiloids (pictured)—a lineage of ancient, externally shelled cephalopods—once dominated our oceans, but today, these living fossils are threatened and in need of protection from over-exploitation.
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#LIBResearch Since 2010, fish stocks in the Elbe estuary have declined by >90%. Causes: siltation, rising salinity, oxygen loss. Long-term data show: only protection & monitoring can safeguard biodiversity. #Elbe #Biodiversity @leibnizlib.bsky....
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On the Elbe: Most of the sampling was carried out with the stow net vessel “Ostetal”. - Copyright Ralf Thiel
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Great to see this important Science study on the genomic evolution of Anopheles funestus 🦟 – with @mariloumercedes.bsky.social, now at LIB, as first author.

A milestone in understanding malaria vectors and their rapid adaptation.

#LIBresearch #malaria
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One of the most dangerous malaria-carrying mosquitoes is rapidly evolving in response to control efforts, genetics has revealed.

Findings could inform smarter tools to monitor for and fight malaria. 🦟

Read more here ⤵️
http://bit.ly/4pwQKDv
Genomic evolution of major malaria-transmitting mosquito species uncovered
Sequencing hundreds of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes provides new insights into the evolutionary patterns of this important human malaria-transmitting species.
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#LIBresearch: Study by @yanischrysost.bsky.social & colleagues delivers the 1st reference genome of the endangered Ural Owl. It sheds light on genome evolution & highlights the value of cell cultures in #ConservationGenomics. 🦉🦉🦉
doi.org/10.1093/giga...

©AdobeStock, Thorsten Spoerlein

#UralOwl
Portrait of an Ural Owl
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leibnizpandemic.bsky.social
Im Herbst vielleicht mal ins Museum? Die Ausstellung des @leibnizlib.bsky.social​ in Bonn ist extra für Jugendliche konzipiert. Das Thema betrifft aber alle, denn laut WHO sind u.a. Klimawandel und Artensterben die größten Herausforderungen für die Gesundheit.
What the health Eine Welt. Deine Gesundheit! - Museum Koenig Bonn
Viele Gesundheitskrisen sind menschengemacht und hängen direkt mit unserem Lebensstil zusammen.
bonn.leibniz-lib.de
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@leibnizlib.bsky.social & partners act:

LEPMON: AI & camera traps monitor moths.
BALIN: Researching insect-friendly station lighting.
Art meets Biodiversity: Giant insect murals in Bonn.

More info: leibniz-lib.de/en/news/1909...
19.09.2025, Earth Night - LIB
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Tonight is #EarthNight – lights off for insects!
Artificial light threatens moths, fireflies & other nocturnal species.

🌌 Tonight, Museum Koenig (LIB) will dim its facade lighting as a sign for insect protection.

Switch off your lights – and help biodiversity. 🦋

leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1909...
Camera trap at night
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#LIBresearch: Study by @mherberstein.bsky.social & colleagues shows damselflies with gut protists survive higher temps, revealing hidden partnerships that boost resilience in a warming world.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251061

Toby Hudson (CC BY-SA 3.0)
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Symbiosis
File:Sydney dragonfly Victoria Park pond 29.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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🕷️ On the NDR Talk Show, LIB researcher Dr. Danilo Harms explains why spiders are fascinating creatures – from the Sydney funnel-web spider to Karl Lagerfeld's jumping spider.

Watch the (German) interview: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se...

#NDRTalkShow #SpiderLove #FascinationWithSpiders #ScienceOnAir
Spinnenforscher Danilo Harms
Danilo Harms verrät, wie es ist, einer der giftigsten Spinnen der Welt nachzugehen und warum die Achtbeiner mehr Bewunderung verdient haben.
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🇬🇧 We are nominated 🤗 !
🦒Vote for our project #NEO "Natur Entdecken Online" (EU-funded) in the @digamusaward.bsky.social public vote! 🦜
Open until Sept. 22 👉 digamus-award.de/voting
🤞 Spread, share, vote - Many Thanks! 🤞
#digamus2025 #museum #digital #voting #biodiversity #nature #fluxguide
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Testing #high-speed videography with @dagmarazyla.bsky.social to capture wing-folding in rove #beetles (#Staphylinidae). Some specimens seem to be too shy in front of the camera, but a few are quite good actors. Maybe this will develop into a student project 🙂
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One more finding about spiders from #LIBresearch
Spiders defy the “bigger brain” rule: sociality leaves total size unchanged, but boosts certain regions – mushroom bodies in huntsman, visual neuropils in crab spiders. Ecology matters as much as social life.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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New findings from #LIBresearch: six brand-new species of Ecuadorian Microstigmatidae spiders have just been described! This taxonomic revision unmasks hidden diversity among Mygalomorphae and shows how much biodiversity is still waiting to be discovered.

-> doi.org/10.5852/ejt....

🌿🕷️ #Taxonomy
Symbolic image of a tarantula. Copyright: Julian Schultz / Unsplash
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#seminarioMNCN 'Machine Learning in Biology: From Image Analysis to Molecular Sequence Analysis'
Por Christoph Mayer (@leibnizlib.bsky.social)
📅 12 de septiembre, 12h
Presencial y online 👉 www.youtube.com/live/mKGeOL8...
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#LIBresearch New research from the TrenDiv project tracks changes in tiny groundwater creatures over 60 years—comparing today’s samples with historic ones. It shows how land use & climate change have silently reshaped biodiversity beneath our feet.

-> leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1009...
Copyright: Dr. Sven Rossel
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#LIBresearch German mineral extraction sites host unique plant communities.🌱 Open, nutrient-poor pioneer habitats support endangered species and hold high #ConservationValue – more than #afforestation.

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70151

#Biodiversity #Restoration
Symbolic image of mining in Germany. Copyright: Photo by Pascal Bullan on Unsplash