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  1. On a safari through your own garden

    The »MikroSafari« citizen science project, run by the University of Jena, the UFZ and iDiv, is conducting scientific research into allotment gardens as a habitat

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    A flowering meadow with red clover (Trifolium pratense).
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)

  3. Oil beetle larvae smell like flowers to manipulate bees

    For the first time, a research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and University of Jena has demonstrated that insects can mimic floral scents to manipulate pollinators

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    The female European oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus): These flightless, highly poisonous beetles are hard to miss during spring walks through fields and meadows.
    Image: Danny Kessler

  4. Life on the energy limit

    New framework concept on microbial frugality explains changes in groundwater

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    Dr Will Overholt (left) and Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel are collecting samples in the Hainich. Findings from this research have also been incorporated into the framework.
    Image: Beatrix Heinze

  6. How did Hannibal get his elephants across the Alps?

    A new analysis led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and the University of Oxford sheds light on the most likely route.

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    About thirty-seven African elephants marched with Hannibal across the Alps. The photo was taken on Mount Kenya.
    Image: Saba Douglas-Hamilton

  8. Good yeast, bad yeast

    Researchers discover new potential of baker’s yeast to treat persistent fungal infection

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    Mark Gresnigt at work in the laboratory
    Image: Anna Schroll (Leibniz-HKI)
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