Researchers have translated odours emitted by insects to defend themselves against predators into sounds. This allowed them to compare the effect of such odorous cocktails on predators with the effect of sounds on humans.
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23/09/2021
Insect defensive chemicals translated into sounds
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21/09/2021
Plastic pollution in the Belgian North Sea: fish safe to eat and plastic fibres everywhere
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Kelle MoreauMore than three quarters of all waste in the Belgian North Sea consists of macroplastics (larger particles of plastic waste), and this is a major source of pollution, especially in the coastal zone.
21/09/2021
Belgian mussels developed stronger shells
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Siska Van ParysBelgian mussels have developed stronger shells over the last hundred years. More calcareous shells protect them better from crabs’ claws and seagulls’ beaks. These predators have increased significantly in number during the last fifty years.
12/09/2021
Iconic Belgica gets second life as Ukrainian research vessel
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Kelle MoreauOn 13 September 2021, the agreement was signed for the transfer of the legendary research vessel Belgica from the Belgian to the Ukrainian authorities. A few days later, the ship will start her journey to her new home base in Odessa.
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06/09/2021
Belgian researchers name four new beetle species from Honduras after deceased environmentalists
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Kelle MoreauBiologists from the Belgian non-profit organisation Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation (BINCO) and the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have discovered four new species of longhorn beetle in a critically endangered Honduran cloud forest.
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