Biologists from Stockholm University and University of Neuchâtel present groundbreaking research shedding new light on the evolution of social bonds and cooperation among group-living animals.
The study was published in the journal PNAS.
Love Dalén, professor at the Department of Zoology, was elected as one of the new members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Congratulations Love!
Genetic diversity is essential for species to adapt to climate change. A new study shows that efforts to monitor genetic diversity in Europe are insufficient. A new approach is needed – and Sweden can set an example.
Indigenous people in Northwestern America kept the woolly dog, among other things, to use the fur for textile production. A new study shows that they managed to keep their dogs isolated from European dogs for many generations.
Intensive hunting almost wiped out the moose population in the Nordics in the 19th century. The first large-scale genomic study of moose in Scandinavia reveals the effect of this near-extinction. It shows that inbreeding does not seem to have increased and the species seems to have maintained most of its historical genetic diversity.
Summer and winter seasons constitute vastly different living conditions for animals and plants in many parts of the world. So how have different organisms evolved to cope with this variation? A study by researchers at Stockholm University published in Nature Communications investigates this question by studying two closely related butterfly species, the small white butterfly and the green-veined white butterfly.