News
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Low-quality females prefer low-quality males 13 October 2009
Marie-Jeanne Holveck and Katharina Riebel from Behavioural Biology at the Institute of Biology at the Faculty of Science published their research in P...
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Eco-friendly farmers do what they say 15 September 2009
Farmers who commit to environmentally friendly working methods also actively practise nature conservation in their farming - particularly when this is...
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The quest for more antibiotics 12 May 2009
Streptomycetes are similar to moulds, but these bacteria live in the soil. They are very popular in biotechnology because they produce a great many an...
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Super-fast evolution 12 May 2009
Certain cichlid fish in Lake Victoria seem to have adapted super-fast to changing circumstances. Dr Frans Witte from the Integrative Zoology section h...