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Animals

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12. May 2023
Citizen Science

Nature watchers bring Viennese graveyards to life

Come for Beethoven's grave, stay for the colourful hamsters. Iconic tombstones are not the only sights to see at the Central Cemetery of Vienna. University of Vienna researchers, citizen scientists and wildlife watchers are unearthing a wealth of biodiversity in the capital's network of graveyards.
18. April 2022
Behavioural Biology

The art of hearing

We hear a sound of a moving object and automatically predict in which direction it travels. What is the process behind this survival tool? The project Dynamates conducts the first comparative study on dynamic auditory predictions with marmoset monkeys and humans.
18. November 2021
Sea-Unicorn

The hidden pathways of the oceans

The aim of the EU-funded Sea-Unicorn project is to unify scientific approaches to "Marine Functional Connectivity" – i.e. the connections and pathways of marine organisms that allow the populations, species and ecosystems of the different oceans to connect. On board is Konstantina Agiadi from the Department of Palaeontology of the University of Vienna.