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Green islands around the University buildings to entice threatened insects 21 September 2021The number of insect species is plummeting, which is why the University is creating a more biodiverse environment around its buildings. Annetje Ottow,...
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Tropical bananaquits lose song quality in the city 21 September 2021I think we should go this way. This way! THIS! WAY!! Making yourself heard in a city can be difficult. That is not only the case for humans, but birds...
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Leiden Mayor Lenferink gets his feet dirty for opening Polderlab Oud Ade 10 September 2021On Thursday 9 September, the mayor of Leiden officially launched a unique ten-year research project in the polder near Oud Ade. During a festive openi...
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Even a duck can parrot 06 September 2021That a parrot can copycat sounds is nothing new. But vocal learning is not common in animals. Researcher Carel ten Cate of the Institute of Biology Le...
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Visit by Members of Parliament highlights interdisciplinary research and collaboration 29 June 2021High-quality education, research involving multiple faculties, collaboration between universities and central government funding to make all this poss...
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Evolutionary change in protective plant odours 23 June 2021Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieli...
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Producing new plants without sowing 10 May 2021Producing offspring of a crop without sowing and that is even bigger than the parent plant. According to Leiden researchers this can be achieved by ov...
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An artistic view on the hidden fungi in the soil 03 May 2021Music from a compostable cello, photographs and scents of fungi and a woven tapestry. With her upcoming multimedia project Super Organism, visual arti...
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Which DNA is floating in the ditch? 08 April 2021You pour a scoop of ditch water in the DNA scanner, and voilà: you know exactly which plants and animals the ditch accommodates. Well, it is not that ...
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Frederic Lens: building bridges in biodiversity research 18 February 2021Four green research institutes in Leiden are joining forces to integrate evolution and biodiversity research, at local and at the national level. Pivo...
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Hybrid zones: a quick guide by Ben Wielstra 11 February 2021Ben Wielstra studies hybrid zones, regions in which distinct populations of organisms meet, mate and produce genetically admixed offspring. In the jou...
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Noise pollution affects marine life worldwide 05 February 2021Man-made sounds in and around the oceans stress marine life and have an impact on marine species and ecosystems by changing the underwater acoustic cl...
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IBL coordinates project to search for new medicines in marine biodiversity 17 December 2020Gilles van Wezel of the Institute of Biology Leiden will lead a European consortium to search for new medicines and disease-suppressive microbes while...
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MIGRADROME: new study on the impact of vessel sound pollution on fish behaviour 30 October 2020Fishes rely heavily on sound to find their way during migration or dispersal. Many species are affected by noise pollution. Hans Slabbekoorn from the ...
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Difference in microbiota between organic and conventional dairy farms 18 September 2020Bacteria and fungi on organic dairy farms are significantly different from those on conventional farms. That was discovered by postdoc researcher Sofi...