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Press release, 27-04-2022
Extinction of Species Biodiversity Research Climate Change Reptiles
First global analysis of threats to all reptile species A quarter of all lizard and snake species and almost two-thirds of all turtles and crocodiles are threatened with extinction
Press release, 30-11-2020
Evolution Insects Laboratories Reptiles Collection
Who's a Bonehead? How Reptilian Skull Roof Structure Provides Novel Insights into Evolutionary History unknown case of convergent evolution
Press release, 14-05-2020
Amphibians Evolution Fishes Fossils Reptiles Mammals Birds
Right-handedness already in primeval reptiles Tooth wear reveals the earliest example of ‘right-handedness’ in a fossil reptile.
Press release, 16-03-2020
Biodiversity Insects Cooperation Reptiles Mammals Birds
Hightech for Nature Now, small vertebrates like bats, lizards and birds can be tagged with miniaturized sensors providing information about their behaviour and habitat use in unprecedented resolution, the team reports in the journal “PLoS Biology”.
Press release, 12-02-2020
Evolution Reptiles Saur
A Game of Tails: MfN scientists uncover the evolutionary driver behind the armored tails of real dragons researchers at the Museum for Naturkunde Berlin demonstrated that the evolution of tail spines is driven by microhabitat use.
Press release, 09-09-2019
Evolution Climate Change Reptiles
Cool lizards do not like global warming The study shows that tropical lizard species often operate at body temperatures close to the ambient temperature. These species will not survive if climate change leads to elevated ambient temperatures.
Press release, 25-03-2019
Cooperation Cultural Heritage Laboratories Reptiles
German taxidermists preserved Holy Turtle of Vietnam An almost extinct and sacred Yangze giant soft turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) was prepared in Hanoi.
Press release, 07-03-2019
Biodiversity Evolution Research Cluster Ecosystem Reptiles
New species of stiletto snake capable of sideways strikes discovered in West Africa During surveys in the Upper Guinea forest zone of Liberia and Guinea, scientists discovered snakes later identified as a new species.
Press release, 01-02-2019
Evolution Research Fossils Reptiles
Bone cancer discovered in the oldest known turtle Paleontologists from MfN Berlin and medical researchers are together doing a research on disease.
Press release, 08-03-2018
Evolution Research Cooperation Morphology Reptiles
Development of the gecko Hemidactylos A team of scientists at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the University of Helsinki have described the in-ovo development of the gecko Hemidactylus

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