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Honey bees:
Wild populations in the EU on the Red List for the first time [17.09.2026]
Populations of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) are under massive pressure in the wild in Europe. New scientific research by researchers at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart and Agroscope in Zürich has admittedly shown that there are frequent occurrences of honey bees in the wild in Europe. However, the researchers estimate that the populations of these bee...more
University of Hohenheim awarded European University status [10.07.2026]
The University of Hohenheim becomes a European University through the EuroLeague of Life Sciences Universities (ELLS). The European Commission has decided to award the alliance funding of just under €7.2 M in the next two years under the European Universities Initiative. For ELLS, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, this marks the beginning of a new chapter....more
DAAD funding ranking:
University of Hohenheim in 1st place of state universities [22.07.2026]
Dynamic academic and research networks, international centers, and active lecturer and student exchanges: According to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart is the most active university in Baden-Württemberg in terms of its international focus. That was shown in its current funding atlas. In this list, the DAAD shows which...more
What Made Trees Possible?
New Research Points to Drought Survival [23.06.2026]
A newly published study in Current Biology is reframing a fundamental question in plant evolution: What made trees possible? Researchers from Cal Poly Humboldt, Yale University, the University of Hohenheim in Germany, and the Czech Academy of Sciences set out to understand how trees evolved and what allowed them to become some of the largest and longest-living organisms on...more
How the turtle got its shell: New DFG-funded Emmy Noether Research Group “Turtle Origins” [02.06.2026]
One of the major unresolved questions in evolutionary biology is how turtles originally came into being and where they fit into the tree of life. A new Emmy Noether Research Group, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), is now dedicating itself specifically to this topic. The ‘Turtle Origins’ group, led by Dr Stephan Spiekman, is based at the State Museum of Natural...more