Zygentoma, encompassing silverfish and allies, are an ancient lineage of wingless insects, often associated with human environments in Central Europe. Knowledge in Switzerland on the distribution and ...

A study shows that land animals benefit from beaver dam construction – for example, endangered bats.

Beavers reshape ecosystems in ways that benefit bat richness, activity and feeding activity. We linked increased habitat structures (standing deadwood and canopy heterogeneity) and prey abundance to ...

In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...

This research demonstrates that tadpoles can create biogeochemical hotspots in wetland ecosystems and has important ramifications for our understanding of the functional role of animal species in nut....

A new study based on two decades of data shows what happens in an ocean ecosystem without great white sharks.

Urban blue and green spaces, like ponds and parks, can mitigate the negative effects of urbanization on biodiversity by providing diverse, connected h…

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Rolf Holderegger has been Director of WSL for 100 days. In this interview, he talks about the challenges ahead.

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