Competition, predation, and diseases are key factors shaping animal communities. In recent decades, lagomorphs in Europe have been impacted by virus-borne diseases that have caused substantial declines in their populations and, subsequently, in many of their predators. We examined activity and habitat-use patterns of sympatric European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) in Doñana National Park, during two periods of disease outbreak.

Nowadays there is a significant lack of information on the distribution of the Iberian spider species. In the case of common spiders, this insufficiency is due to the fact that these species are considered minor and therefore, not well studied. Aiming to address these gaps, ARGIOPEOPLE, a citizen science project, is created to get to know the distirbution of the three tiger spider species (Argiope) and two species of the genre Araneus living in the Iberian Peninsula. This project is a result...

Western Spadefoot toad has a great capacity to adjust its behaviour, morphology and physiology to environmental changes. Its genome sequencing will help to understand how environmental variations can induce changes at the gene expression level.
This work was led by the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC with the collaboration of the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) and the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC-CNS)

A scientific team has studied how the use of human-origin food resources, such as landfills and intensive livestock farms, by Eurasian griffon vultures can negatively impact their conservation.
These studies have been led by the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC, the University of Sevilla and the University Miguel Hernández of Elche with the collaboration of the University of Lisbon

An international scientific team led by the CSIC cuantifies the effects of the invasion of these insects in agriculture and public health
This work takes data from Invacost, the first database that compiles economic costs associated with biological invasions worldwide.