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Danish-led space mission to map the lunar surface

The University of Copenhagen will lead Denmark’s first lunar mission. The mission aims to map the…

Your Christmas decorations may be hiding a tiny bit of badger and toad

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that moss acts as a natural trap for…

Víctor Moreno-Mayar selected as EMBO Young Investigator

Assistant Professor J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar, at Globe Institute, Section for GeoGenetics has been…

Researchers Warn: Climate Change Could Expand Habitats for Malaria Mosquitoes

If we fail to curb climate change, malaria mosquitoes could significantly expand their habitats…

New initiative is set to make climate education tangible and relevant

A new teaching project from the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, supported by the…

Anomalous two-tusked narwhals show no difference in diet or foraging ecology relative to normal narwhals

New research sheds light on one of the Arctic’s rarest biological phenomena—the two-tusked narwhal.

PREHISTORIC ANIMALS

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.

Reconstructing maize domestication

Assistant Professor Jazmín Ramos Madrigal has been awarded a prestigious grant for her project…

Sled Dog DNA Reveals Hidden Chapter in Greenland’s History

The Inuit arrived in Greenland several hundred years earlier than previously believed. This is…

Arctic Reindeer Face Drastic Decline

By the year 2100, reindeer populations in parts of the Arctic could decline by up to 80 percent.…