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The smalles frog and SpongeBob - new species 2011

29. December 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

26. July 2011

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

26. July 2011

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

26. July 2011

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

20. July 2011

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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