3 July 2018 press release Spearfishing makes fishes more timid Fisheries scientists have studied the response of fish in the Mediterranean Sea to spearfishing. The fish are able to finely discriminate if divers carry a speargun or not and adjust their escape behaviour.
19 June 2018 press release Light pollution a reason for insect decline!? Climate change, pesticides and land use changes alone cannot fully explain the decline in insect populations in Germany. Artificial lighting at night could be another reason for declining insect populations.
13 June 2018 insight Research in the River 11 scientists and 300 kilometers of river: impressions of three weeks of sampling in the entire river network of the Vjosa in Albania.
5 June 2018 press release What the size distribution of organisms tells us about the energetic efficiency of a lake The relationship between energy efficiency in the food web and size distribution allows a better and more direct understanding of biological processes and disturbances that impact aquatic ecosystems.
31 May 2018 focus On Teams and Big Pictures 2017 was an eventful year. Our annual report gives a good insight into our activities. It also shows, how much we enjoy working with others in projects and research networks - beyond our own horizons.
1 June 2018 focus IGB scientist Thomas Mehner set to become new president of the International Society of Limnology Thomas Mehner, limnologist and fish ecologist at IGB, is sharing his ideas for a redefinition of the international specialist society SIL, which is devoted to limnology and the management of freshwaters.
31 May 2018 short news New Leopoldina discussion paper on pesticides Pesticides can cause big problems in ecosystems. That is the result of a new discussion paper of German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, in which effects of pesticides and options for action are explained based on recent scientific results.
28 May 2018 insight Soapbox Science On Friday June 1st 2018 between 2 and 5 pm, female scientists from different corners of the world will step onto their soapboxes to tell you about the fascinating work they do.
23 May 2018 press release Genetic diversity helps protect against disease Diversity is the key: IGB researchers have demonstrated experimentally that genetic diversity makes populations more resistant to disease.
16 May 2018 short news A network for invasion biology The book and the website hi-knowledge.org present a new approach to synthesise heterogeneous data and information – here applied to major hypotheses in the field of invasion biology.
