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The most attractive birds don’t reproduce more successfully

A study coordinated by the Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) and the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC) shows that the physical attractiveness of birds does not determine their...

The ability of organisms to respond to environmental changes could incur physiological costs

The study, led by the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC, has been carried out with amphibian larvae. Results suggest that maintaining the machinery necessary to respond to environmental...

Blue crab shows its invasive potential in the Ebro Delta

The blue crab colonized the Ebro Delta and surrounding waters in only two years of an exponential expansion, which started five years after the first detection. A study led by the Doñana Biological...

Iberian lynxes have less deleterious mutations than other lynx species due to the small size of their population

A team led by the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has compared the deleterious mutation burden in Iberian and Eurasian lynxes. The study shows that populations that have been small their...

Birds' feathers also go grey with the age

A study from the Ecological Pyrenean Institute (IPE-CSIC) and the Doñana Biological Station shows that some birds’ feathers turn white with the age.
? The study was carried out in natural...