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        23 Oct 2025 | News
      
Warmer Nordic springs double the incidence of avian malaria
                  A unique long-term study, in which samples were collected from the same population of blue tits over a 30-year period, shows that rising spring temperatures have doubled the incide...
              

        6 Oct 2025 | News
      
Hidden highways of the sky mapped
                  High above us, the atmosphere is teeming with life. Birds, bats and insects share the airspace, but divide it into different lanes of traffic. New research from Lund University in ...
              

        23 Sep 2025 | News
      
Staffan Bensch receives ERC Advanced Grant for research on songbird migration behaviour
                  Staffan Bensch, professor at the Department of Biology, receives an ERC Advanced Grant for his project “Genetics of long-distance migration”.
              

        5 Sep 2025 | News
      
Not too fast, not too slow – the perfect pace for migrating birds
                  A new study from Lund University shows that migratory birds fly most efficiently at moderate speeds – precisely the pace they use during their long journeys across continents.
              

        19 Jun 2025 | News
      
Moths use stars and Earth’s magnetic field as a compass
                  A groundbreaking study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the Australian Bogong moth uses the stars and the Milky Way as a compass during its annual 1,000-kilometre journey ...