Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences - News

The iSociety for Marine Mammalogy has accepted the arguments presented by researchers for elevating the Saimaa ringed seal to full species status, instead of being classified as a subspecies.

A new study shows that dengue outbreaks in Medellín, Colombia, are strongly linked to patterns of urban development and socioeconomic status.

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has granted 6.6 million euros of funding to five new Academy Research Fellows, one Clinical Researcher and seven new Academy Projects.

Nine Academy Projects and four Academy Research Fellows secured funding.

A newly published study reveals that the Saimaa ringed seal is evolutionarily more differentiated than previously known.

Published in Heredity, a recent study led by the University of Eastern Finland explored sexual selection in humans by investigating whether female odour based mating preferences could predict how compatible male and female gametes are.

Grants were awarded for PhD researchers and postdoctoral researchers for a research period abroad.

MSc Olusegun Olaitan Akinyemi's thesis provides methodological insights into sensor and image-based phenotyping for characterization of forest tree responses to environmental and stress conditions in ecophysiological studies.

Rapid climate change is upending established plant diversity and growth patterns in the Arctic, with species blooming in some areas and declining in others, a recent study published in Nature suggests.

Vincent Biard, MSc, explored key aspects of the seal behaviour during the moulting season, including spatial, temporal and social fidelity patterns.