The international consortium in charge of the project includes specialists from 8 research centers, 6 conservation groups, UNEP, Wetlands International, Stichting BirdLife Europe and Eurosite.
Ever since Darwin, scientists have suspected that the intelligence of an animal has something to do with the size of its brain. The encephalisation theory,
The behavior of bird communities in Europe and in the United States and Canada due to climate change is different than in the Mediterranean area.
A study just published in the scientific journal Nature Communications presents worrying results on animals’ adaptation to climate change. It concludes that while species are
CREAF and ICO (Catalan Ornithological Institute) researchers Sergi Herrando and Lluís Brotons have participated in a study that shows populations of birds described as “mountain
A study led by CREAF researcher Judit Lecina Díaz has mapped Spain’s carbon and biodiversity hotspots, which are located in the Pyrenees and their foothills,
Species of birds living on islands have evolved to have larger brains than their continental relatives. Island conditions have prompted this post-colonization evolution, which enhances
Birds for their feathers, but many other animals too, suffer the path to extinction because of human whims.
The researcher from McGill University, in Quebec, and CREAF associated, visited us again to talk about animal innovation from different points of view, from the
A study led by Daniel Sol, CISC researcher based at CREAF, shows that cities preserve 450 million years less evolutionary history compared to natural environments.
