Forest encroachment in Mediterranean Europe threatens unique fauna of moths16. 10. 2025 For most visitors, the Mediterranean is a symbol of summer and sun-scorched landscapes. In reality, however, it harbors one of the world’s greatest natural treasures. It is home to tens of...
Researchers cultivate hundreds of abundant freshwater microbes, with many slowly growing oligotrophs24. 9. 2025 A recent study in Nature Communications marks a significant advance in microbiology by bringing a large collection of previously uncultured freshwater bacteria into culture, organisms long known to...
International Conference on Trace Metal Metabolism in Plants8. 9. 2025 The Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Science of the University of South Bohemia will host the prestigious PLANTMETALS 2025 scientific conference in the second week...
Scientists on a global hunt discover endemicity in freshwater bacteria15. 8. 2025 A new study published in Nature Microbiology provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the global distribution and genomic diversity of Fontibacterium, a dominant freshwater genus within...
Ancient DNA Reveals Genetic History of Uralic and Yeniseian Populations in Northern Eurasia18. 7. 2025 New genome-wide analysis of 180 ancient individuals from Northern Europe to Siberia sheds light on prehistoric migrations and language spread, linking Uralic and Yeniseian-speaking communities. One...
How Are European Lakes Coping with Climate Change? Groundwater Is Key9. 7. 2025 Understanding whether lakes are fed predominantly by groundwater or rainwater is critical to managing our water resources in the face of droughts and shortages, new research has found. The study...
How plants switch genes during development7. 7. 2025 For the proper growth and development of all organisms, it is important not only to have genes, but also to turn those genes on or off at the right time. For example, during germination, plants...
Plant diversity helps store carbon in soil – but not everywhere equally4. 7. 2025 Soil can play a vital role in the fight against climate change – it is capable of storing vast amounts of carbon. However, soil processes differ across ecosystems such as forests, grasslands or...
When invasive species become part of our culture27. 6. 2025 Biological invasions are widely acknowledged as a serious threat to biodiversity, global economies, and a good quality of life. Yet, they are not universally perceived as a nuisance and are...
František Moravec awarded the G. J. Mendel Medal10. 6. 2025 The Czech Academy of Sciences awarded the Gregor Johann Mendel Medal for Merit in Biological Sciences to František Moravec, the emeritus scientist at the Biology Centre.
