Insect wings may have evolved from gills3. 1. 2024 How did insect wings originate? This is a question that represents an unsolved mystery of insect evolution. Despite many years of research, it is still not entirely clear from which body structure...
Lake Fish Telemetry Group: Movement Ecology Thematic Series and Editorial1. 12. 2023 Five years since it commenced, the Lake Fish Telemetry Group research project–which was funded with support from the Alternet Multi-Site Research (MSR) initiative–continues to achieve new...
Ants are hungry for sugar and oil. An international team led by Czech scientists revealed insect tastes in the remote forests of tropical mountains3. 11. 2023 The decline of insect populations has attracted worldwide interest in times of global warming and changing environment, but we have only rudimentary knowledge about the biodiversity and abundance...
Gerrit Angst awarded the Lumina quaeruntur premium. He will start a new research team31. 10. 2023 Soil biologist Gerrit Angst from the Biology Centre of the CAS received the prestigious Lumina quaeruntur Premium from the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences. This generous grant for...
Pascal Boireau received the G. J. Mendel Medal for Merit in the Biological Sciences24. 10. 2023 Dr. Pascal Boireau, Director of the Laboratory for Animal Health, Maisons-Alfort, ANSES, France, a distinguished collaborator of the Institute of Parasitology, received the Gregor Johann Mendel...
Jiunn Luh Tan awarded for the best oral presentation24. 10. 2023 Jiunn Luh Tan, a dedicated PhD student at the Institute of Entomology and Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, achieved a remarkable accolade at the 8th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS...
Flagship individuals can boost conservation12. 10. 2023 Much-loved species like pandas and polar bears are widely used in conservation campaigns. However, a new study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment argues that single animal or...
Karel Tajovský, honorary member of International Society for Myriapodology21. 9. 2023 During the 19th International Congress of Myriapodology in Bogota, Colombia, in August 2023, the General Assembly of the International Society for Myriapodology (traditionally also referred to as...
What happens when the birds in the forests disappear? Scientists confirm serious consequences for forest functioning11. 9. 2023 In a groundbreaking study led by Katerina Sam from Biology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences and University of South Bohemia, the team of researchers delved into the intricate dynamics of flying...
