Especially those who eat polar bears, seals, and whales have elevated levels of toxins in their blood, new research shows.

In order to keep the population of harbour porpoises in Danish coastal waters stable, only 24 can perish in fishing nets each year. However, over 900 die each year.

The polar oceans, critical regulators of the global climate system, are among the ecosystems most impacted by climate change.

Areas with more copper and selenium in the ground lead to higher reproductive success in wild musk oxen in Greenland.

Målet med det nye EU-projekt er at ændre måden, vi vurderer risiko og påvirkning af pesticider på. I dag vurderer vi udelukkende enkelte pesticiders påvirkning af honningbier, men projektet vil udvikle nye værktøjer til at vurdere flere pesticiders påvirkning af hele bestande af vilde bier,…

Ecological theory and experience tells us that plants on meadows and pastures across Denmark should be dispersing heavier seeds. But they are doing the exact opposite.

Sapere Aude means 'dare to know', and the grant is awarded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark to talented early career researchers who are ready to lead a research project at the highest international level. Biologist Jakob Thyrring is one of the selected recipients of the grant, which he will…

På kalkrige overdrev rundt omkring i Danmark, sender landmændene deres dyr på græs efter Naturstyrelsens retningslinjer. Men nye tal fra Aarhus Universitet tyder på, at dyrene græsser for hårdt - og det går ud over biodiversiteten.

Local hunters in the Icefjord near Ilulissat have long known about a special ringed seal – the Kangia seal – which is significantly larger and has a markedly different fur colour and pattern than typical Arctic ringed seals. Now scientific studies have shown that the Kangia ringed seal has been…

Killer whales, which feed on seals and small whales, in Canada and Greenland have such high levels of the man-made chemical PCB that they have difficulty having young. This is shown by a new large study from the North Atlantic.