/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:16:25 +0200 Thu, 16 Oct 25 11:00:00 +0200 /en/news/utrecht-university-is-the-first-in-the-netherlands-to-measure-its-biodiversity-footprint The biodiversity footprint enables UU to investigate the impact of its activities on nature and biodiversity, both locally and globally. 152929 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/new-tunnels-offer-animals-safe-passage-to-utrecht-science-park-uu From this week onwards, hedgehogs, toads, badgers and other animals will be able to cross safely between Utrecht Science Park and Fort Rhijnauwen two wildlife passages. 151598 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/higher-plant-diversity-keeps-small-soil-animals-active-during-droughts The study is the first publication based on data collected in the long-term Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 Biodiversity and Climate Variability Experiment (UU BioCliVE). 151206 Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/how-the-botanic-gardens-can-help-save-plant-species-on-the-brink-of-extinction The last individual of a Portuguese coastal plant species, extinct in the wild, was thought to be growing at the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 Botanic Gardens. 150855 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/over-900-plant-and-animal-species-spotted-in-usp-during-bioblitz-2025 In the past weeks, staff members and students at UU and HU and other interested individuals entered Utrecht Science Park in order to chart as many plants, animals and fungi as possible. 150701 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:12:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/from-farmland-to-jungle-working-together-to-measure-and-save-biodiversity Deep in the lush green heart of Costa Rica, researchers are tackling a major question: how can we restore biodiversity and measure whether our efforts are actually working? 鈥淭his is way more than just a scientific study.鈥� 150384 Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/on-a-journey-through-the-history-of-plant-evolution-in-the-new-evolution-garden The new Evolution garden at the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 Botanic Gardens will officially open in June. 149634 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/evolution-and-biodiversity What does biodiversity have to do with evolution? We ask Edwin Pos, evolutionary ecologist and Scientific Director of the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 Botanic Gardens. 147373 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/jonas-lembrechts-and-his-students-chart-biodiversity-across-the-netherlands The plan is to continue monitoring for years. Lembrechts: 鈥淏y measuring continuously over the long term, we can get a clear picture of biodiversity variation." 147023 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:24:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/student-blog-dioscorides-and-biodiversity-the-legacy-of-medicinal-plants What can nature offer to human health? This question has always fascinated Anastasia Tsolaki, Master's student in the Track Plant Biology of the Master Environmental Biology. Anastasia carried out her research project at the Botanical Gardens, where she discovered that ancients texts can still provide valuable insights. 147279 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:22:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/parasites-are-biodiversity-too Parasites are often overlooked in biodiversity research and conservation efforts. That needs to change, says zombie ant researcher Charissa de Bekker. 147179 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/bioclive-quantifies-how-biodiversity-will-contribute-to-future-grassland-resilience-under-climate Researchers at Utecht 木瓜福利影视 are mapping the effects of biodiversity and climate change on grassland functioning on a daily basis. In hundreds of containers behind the greenhouses of the Botanical Gardens, plant and soil ecologists from the Ecology and Biodiversity Research Group create future natural grasslands. 147088 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/project-aanwaaiers-gather-data-with-your-class-and-explore-biodiversity Classes in the final three years of primary schools in the province of Utrecht can now sign up for the project and contribute to research on plant biodiversity. 147060 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/the-way-to-a-healthier-planet-is-not-always-one-with-direct-actions The way to a healthier planet is not always one with direct actions. Being patient, collecting data and developing new methods for taking measurements will help us understand the parameters necessary to create a more sustainable environment. This is what the research of Yannick Wiegers, PhD candidate at the Ecology and Biodiversity research group of the Institute of the Environmental Biology teaches us. Five questions to Yannick on his current research and how this contributes to the pathway of a more healthy planet. 147006 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:39:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/green-walls-can-combat-urban-heat-and-help-biodiversity Plant-covered facades can help cool cities and boost biodiversity, a new study now confirms. The study systematically compares these 鈥榞reen walls鈥� with bare walls and natural cliffs. 鈥淕reen walls can be much more than just a decorative trend.鈥� 146669 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/new-age-ritual-sends-bad-energies-and-foreign-wild-plants-up-in-smoke Dried plant bundles sold for ritual burning often include plants from distant regions that may be harvested unsustainably to meet the rising demand. 144488 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/nitrogen-pollution-causes-shifts-in-distribution-of-european-forest-plants Jonas Lembrechts: 鈥淚t is clear that if nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands do not decrease, plant diversity will become increasingly impoverished." 144027 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/public-engagement-seed-fund-for-green-projects Monique de Jager (Project Aanwaaiers) and Susanne Knittel (Ecocide Mock Trial) receive the Public Engagement Seed Fund to organize a public activity. 143920 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:54:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/background/studying-islands-to-understand-the-world-sietze-norder-on-ecology-culture-and-curiosity Sietze Norder talks about his experiences as a biogeographer working on remote islands, the parallels between ecology and culture, and the inspiration behind his children鈥檚 book, Fire Island. 142925 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:57:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/36000-buried-tea-bags-aid-science-and-bring-to-light-the-importance-of-soil Project raised awareness among citizens, schoolchildren and students of soil decomposition processes that play a significant role in climate and biodiversity . 141763 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws