Biologists from the University of Ghent discovered that bird skin becomes darker towards the equator. Tanned skin protects birds from harmful UV light. This evolutionary pattern was already know for humans and reptiles.
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02/06/2020
Underneath The Feathers: Darker Bird Skin Protects Against UV Light
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Reinout Verbeke
20/04/2020
Catfish Genes Key to Evolution of the African Landscape
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Siska Van ParysResearchers have reconstructed historical changes in the African landscape using the evolutionary history of the African sharptooth catfish. They were able to date important geological and climatic events, such as periods of severe drought, more precisely than ever before.
13/03/2020
CT Scan Reveals a Rare Snake Inside a Snake
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Reinout VerbekeYou know the Russian matryoshka dolls? Well, while CT scanning a Samar cobra snake from our collections, we found another snake inside: a rare species of about the same size!
25/02/2020
Invasive Species of European Concern Get A Factsheet
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Reinout VerbekeScientists from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Royal Museum for Central Africa have published factsheets for invasive species that are of concern to Europe.
15/01/2020
Urbanization Impoverishes Fauna, New Study Proofs
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Siska Van ParysUrbanization reduces species diversity and decimates populations. That is the conclusion of a team of biologists after comparing a wide range of animal species between densely built-up and rural areas.
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