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The recognition of dominance signals among different bird species has been proven for the first time
12 June 2024The journal Ethology has just published a study by the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona (MCNB) that sheds light on animals’ ability to recognise the dominance signals of other species when in a competitive scenario. Led by the Museum’s Vertebrates Curator, Javier Quesada, the study followed the behaviour of two related bird species that nest […]
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Arabian desert geckos illuminate the night with striking fluorescence
7 May 2024An international team led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE),in which Bernat Burriel ( the first author of the study, previously a predoctoral researcher at the IBE and currently a researcher at the Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona (MCNB)) participated, has uncovered a remarkable natural phenomenon: several species of desert-dwelling geckos exhibit striking […]
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Carles Lalueza, director of MCNB, wins the international prize “Fabio Frassetto”
13 November 2023The National Academy of Lincei has awarded the prize to the IBE researcher for his contribution to the field of Anthropology and Human Evolution. Carles Lalueza-Fox, Principal Investigator at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), and current director of the […]
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Evidence found for unique voice print in parrots
4 October 2023Individual voice could help birds be recognized in a flock, no matter what they say Parrots are exceptional talkers. They can learn new sounds during their entire lives, amassing an almost unlimited vocal repertoire. At the same time, parrots produce calls so they can be individually recognized by members of their flock—raising the question of […]
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Xerces Blue butterfly genome sequenced, an icon of anthropogenic extinction
12 July 2023The genetic patterns found could be used to identify other endangered insects The study, led by researchers from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE, CSIC-UPF), and the Museum of Natural Sciences in Barcelona, has succeeded in sequencing the complete genome of the Xerces Blue butterfly, the first butterfly to become extinct in historical times. This […]