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  • Mareen Gerisch

    Press and communication, Hamburg
    Tel.: +49 40 238317-908
    Mobil: +49 160 90853213
    M.Gerisch@leibniz-lib.de

  • Sabine Heine

    Press/ Communication/ Events, Bonn
    +49 (0)228 9122 215
    s.heine@leibniz-lib.de

  • Special exhibition “Abbild und Verwandlung” – Fascinating marvels of a mineral imagery

    From 9 August, the exhibition ” Abbild und Verwandlung” in the Museum Koenig Bonn presents 30 petrographs by the geoscientist Michael Raith. The artistic photos taken under the microscope show fascinating insights into the hidden microcosm of rocks and minerals.

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  • 99 Tadpole species in one new Field guide: A team surrounding Alexander Haas launches “A Guide to the Tadpoles of Borneo”

    Important, yet often neglected: Tadpoles play a critical role in the ecology of aquatic habitats. On 279 pages, a new book presents descriptions for 99 species from the southeast Asian island of Borneo, covering all species commonly found, as well as representatives of the more cryptic ones.

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  • One year of LIB: Researching and acting together for a world worth living in

    Joining forces to preserve nature and shape the future: The LIB began its work a year ago with this goal in mind.

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  • Researchers and Citizen Scientists Decipher Biodiversity at the Edge of Europe to Protect Endangered Species

    The Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) Project, led by the LIB, conducted “Bioblitzes” in the Caucasus that yielded a large number of first records of animal species.

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  • Eleven years of field work – five previously unknown rodent species discovered in mountain forests of Ecuador

    So far only recorded as a single species, at least five additional new mouse species are hiding under the name Chilomys instans.

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  • Berlin Declaration for the Convention on Biological Diversity 2022

    Sustainable and nature-based solutions for the joint protection of climate and biodiversity are possible

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