Research
A group of butterflies flies across the Atlantic Ocean
• CSIC scientists demonstrate a 4200 km flight over the ocean from West Africa to…
Media
The IBB study on fern genome earns global media attention
The recent collaborative study led by Jaume Pellicer, a CSIC researcher at the Botanical Institute…
Research
The butterfly effect: excessive vegetation in Arabia triggered massive butterfly migrations in 2019 across Europe and Africa
• Researchers from the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (CSIC) trace butterfly migration routes using pollen…
Research
A new book summarizes the origin, evolution, diversification and biogeography of mangroves in the Caribbean region, a Neotropical hotspot
Mangroves are intertidal forests that play a crucial role in safeguarding and sustaining the diversity…
Research
A new book provides the most complete and detailed (decadal resolution) paleoecological history of the last three millennia available for the Mediterranean region
The annually-laminated (varved) sediments of Pyrenean Lake Montcortès (Pallars Sobirà, Catalonia, Spain) contain the most…
Research
The largest genome on the planet has been discovered in a fern
• Researchers have found the largest amount of DNA ever found in the cell nucleus…
