In western Uganda, where chimpanzees encounter people daily in fields and along roads, a unique research initiative is unfolding at the interface of nature conservation and public health. A Czech team from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with…
5th of February 2026, Brno
21st January 2026, Brno
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 virus (LCMV) in populations of house mice in western Czechia. The study, published in the international journal Zoonoses…
Friday, 26 September 2025
New international research conducted by a team including scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IVB CAS), Gorilla Doctors, and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, with support from the Rwanda Development Board and Uganda Wildlife Authority, reveals…
The Little Owl is one of the most rapidly declining farmland bird species in many European countries and its distribution has become highly fragmented to the point of requiring species-specific conservation plans in some regions. Within its distributional range, the Little Owl inhabits a wide…
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in zoo gorillas, but its origins remain unknown. Researchers from the University of Minnesota, in collaboration with national and international partners, have studied the trillions of microbes that live in the gastrointestinal tracts of gorillas to…
Vojtěch Brlík from the Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University and the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences calls on scientists to share basic information about biological samples (metadata) to ensure their effective repurposing across biological…
All animals undergo embryogenesis, the development of the embryo. Until recently, it was thought that the main goal of early embryogenesis was mainly to initiate developmental processes correctly. But an international team of scientists has found that in parasitic bitterling fish, the embryos…
[Brno, 24th of January 2023] - The breakthrough study, led by Czech scientists, has revealed how biological diversity originated in one of the world's most significant biodiversity centres. The most extensive genetic study of African small insectivores, shrews, published in the Journal of…
