The book "The Reed Warblers - Diversity in a uniform bird family", richly illustrated with unique photos, drawings and graphs, offers scientists and laymen alike fascinating insights into the reed warblers' lives and into recent topics of ornithological research. [more]
Today, representatives from more than 100 governments come together for a UN conference in Bergen to discuss urgent action to address the rapid decline of migratory animals across the globe. Prof. Martin Wikelski from Max-Planck-Institute for Ornithology is a guest speaker and presents MoveBank, a global database to track animal movements, and ICARUS, a new system to track even smaller animals from space.