Cover photo credit © Bruno D'Amicis/ NABU The elusive Ethiopian Water Mouse, Nilopegamys cf. plumbeus has been rediscovered in the Transition Zone of the…
Professor Martin Reichard from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences has been named one of this year's three recipients…
26 March 2026 In western Uganda, where chimpanzees encounter people daily in fields and along roads, a unique research initiative is unfolding at the…
5th of February 2026, Brno Mountain gorillas, a well-known symbol of successful nature conservation, have recently been affected by a serious health problem. An…
21st January 2026, Brno Swallows can remove foreign eggs from their nests even without a “template” of what their own eggs should look like.…
Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences have documented the long-term presence and genetic diversity of lymphocytic choriomeningitis…
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Brno, 21 November 2025 Conspecific brood parasitism – a situation where females lay eggs in the nests of other females of the same species…
New international research conducted by a team including scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IVB CAS), Gorilla…







