News

Paleobotanist Mario Coiro of the Institute of Paleontology at the University of Vienna and colleagues at the University of Montpellier (France) have...

During June 2023, Daniele Scarponi is visiting professor at the Department of Palaeontology. In his research, he is analysing the recent fossil record...

The Faculty’s Dissertation Award 2022 goes to Jan Steger (Palaeontology) for his doctoral thesis on patterns and ecological impacts of the Lessepsian...

An international research team led by Faviel A. López-Romero of the University of Vienna investigated how the jaw shape of sharks has changed over the...

Come for Beethoven's grave, stay for the colourful hamsters. Iconic tombstones are not the only sights to see at the Central Cemetery of Vienna....

To understand more about the impacts of past climate changes on the sea, fish otoliths - small stones in the inner ear of fishes - are an important...

Climate change, pollution, overfishing: they are all changing the world, having a huge impact on the seas. The global network Q-MARE, under the...

Study by an international research group led by palaeobiologist Patrick L. Jambura: New phylogenetic tree provides new insights into the evolutionary...

Fishes living in the twilight zone of the oceans reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and are a huge food resource, but little is known about their...