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Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales

Commercial whaling has left the bowhead whale vulnerable for many generations to come.

The world’s oldest RNA extracted from woolly mammoth

New research offers a unique insight into the lives of mammoths during the last Ice Age.

The world’s oldest RNA extracted from woolly mammoth

New research offers a unique insight into the lives of mammoths during the last Ice Age.

DNA from marine sediments reveals millennia of marine mammal occurrences in the Arctic

Utilizing DNA from marine sediment cores, the international team—led by researchers at University of Copenhagen and GEUS (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)—reconstructed historical occurrences of marine…

A male Denisovan jawbone from Taiwan expands the known geographic range of this extinct human group

A team of international researchers based in Denmark, Japan and Taiwan has made a significant breakthrough in the field of paleoanthropology with the attribution of a Pleistocene mandible from Taiwan to a male Denisovan…

New knowledge about a fungus that turns 60-80% of the flies in your home into zombies

How can a fungus take over a fly's behavior? An international group of researchers with participation from the University of Copenhagen hopes to find out with the help of a new genetic map of a unique fungus that…

Impact of 700 years of Inuvialuit subsistence hunting on beluga whales

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from the University of Copenhagen and University of Toronto, analysed beluga whale bones retrieved from archaeological sites in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest…

Dietary diversity of Denisovans on the Tibetan Plateau

New research sheds light on Denisovan behaviour and indicates how adaptable they were to the harsh and variable environment of the Tibetan Plateau.

Extinction of the woolly rhinoceros

In PNAS by Fordham, D.,... Rahbek, C., Nogués-Bravo, D. & Lorenzen, E.D. (2024)

Shedding light on the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros

Climate change has previously been pointed out as the sole reason to the extinction of woolly rhinoceros'. But now, researchers are now able to determine that human activity contributed to the iconic species’ demise.

Human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros’ extinction

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from the University of Copenhagen and University of Adelaide, used computer modelling to make the discovery, shedding light on a mystery that has captivated…

Disguised as tree bark and another species: Newly discovered gecko is a master of disguise

An international team of scientific researchers, among them a University of Copenhagen herpetologist, has discovered a new gecko species in Madagascar that resembles tree bark during the day and had been mistaken for a…

Perspiration and an ingenious suspension prepared early humans for the yellow jersey

Unparalleled endurance allowed Homo erectus to tire antelopes on the savannah two million years ago. Since then, our prehistoric genetics have been leveraged to compete in the world's toughest bike race. The Tour de…