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The smalles frog and SpongeBob - new species 2011
Every year a number of new species are described, the smallest frog of the world, a fungus looking like a comic figur, and the monster-wasp from Sulawesi. More records you find →here.
Trapping data to aid conservation
A pilot project to help digitise data captured by the network of camera traps in India has been launched in a collaboration between Norwegian and Indian scientific institutions. The Norwegian government is providing 1.2 million Norwegian Kroner (US$ 217,000) towards the two-year project. read more
Winner of 2011 Ebbe Nielsen prize announced
Prof Jens-Christian Svenning of the Department of Biological Sciences at Aarhus University, Denmark, is the winner of the Ebbe Nielsen prize this year. The award of €30,000 recognises innovations in biodiversity informatics. Prof Svenning intends to use the award towards gaining a better understanding of what determines species diversity. read more
Young scientists showcase GBIF data use
An ornithologist from Mexico and a marine biologist from Ireland are this year’s winners of the GBIF Young Researchers Award. César Antonio Ríos-Muñoz and Conor Ryan, both Ph.D. students, will each receive €4000 to help fund research proposals making innovative use of data made available through the GBIF network. read more
Roentgen technology reveals plumage samples of the Urvogels
Which colors did the plumage of the first birds have? Researchers revealed this mystery for the first time: With a special Roentgen technology they could reconstruct the pigments chemically. Metal-pure in the 120 million years old fossils tell: Particularly the feather dress was however not colorful.
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,771716,00.html
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Foto: Lellani Farinas
Foto: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin