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Beetles that pee themselves to death could be tomorrow´s pest control

The genetic adaptations to an exceptional body

Population genetics of the African leopard

Mette Burmølle new ERC Consolidator grantee

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Beetles that pee themselves to death could be tomorrow’s pest control

2021.04.19

Various beetle species have gobbled through grain stores and weakened food production worldwide since ancient times. Now, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a better way of targeting and…
The Trouble of Being Tall

2021.03.17

The giraffe is a truly puzzling animal. With its exceptional anatomy and suite of evolutionary adaptations, the giraffe is an outstanding case of animal evolution and physiology. Now, an international team of researcher…
A Cat of All Trades

2021.02.25

The leopard stands out as an elusive, versatile, and adaptable animal. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have just published the first genomic data for the African subspecies of the leopard in the acclaimed…
We’re more like primitive fishes than once believed

2021.02.04

People traditionally think that lungs and limbs are key innovations that came with the vertebrate transition from water to land. But in fact, the genetic basis of air-breathing and limb movement was already established…
How Earth’s oddest mammal got to be so bizarre

2021.01.06

Often considered the world's oddest mammal, Australia’s beaver-like, duck-billed platypus exhibits an array of bizarre characteristics: it lays eggs instead of giving birth to live babies, sweats milk, has venomous spur…

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