Frédéric Méry (EPCC) co-autored research on the behavior of cancerous drosophila. He collaborated with a team from Montpellier, one in Gif-sur-Yvette and with researchers in Spain and in Australia. Together they reported that the cancerous flies showed less symptoms of their desease when they are part of a group of other cancerous flies as compared […]

Victor Dupuy, Jean-Bernard Emond, Lionel Garnery and Nicolas Pollet along with ONF and the Parc Naturel Régional de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse investigated the state of crested newts populations in the la Claye area in the Natura 2000 « Tourbières et prairies tourbeuses de la forêt d’Yveline » site. In two days, 14 crested

Gérard Arnold (Evolbee) stresses the dangers threatening the black bees, our wild type bees. A vidéo named « Vingt Quatre ans » in the  Histoires Courtes collection tells about the urgency to react to protect black bees.

Gérard Arnold (EVOLBEE) was deeply involved in the work that led the EU to ban 3 neonicotinoids from fields. He explains  these 20 years of struggle in an article published on the web site “The conversation”. The reporter S. Foucart dedicated a review in the newspaper Le Monde to these years Chronique Le Monde Néonicotinoïdes

Philippe Le Gall (DEEIT) shares a video cast in Cameroon about a project launched by IRD. To see the video, please click here. He was also interviewed by RFI. To listen to the broadcast, please click here.

Philippe Le Gall (DEEIT) co-organizes the 9th International conference on Entomology which will be held in Montpellier from 2 to 6 july. Visits around  Mt Aigoual will be organized for those interested in field entomology. More details and inscriptions. Please see also.

P.A. Calatayud (DEEIT) presented a talk as the reprensentant of IRD at the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment in Nairobi on the 2-3 December 2017. He met Nicolas Hulot or Laurent Fabius.

Didier Casane (RESGEN) and Sylvie Rétaux (Neuro-psi) held a “Jeudi de la Recherche” session yesterday.  They received the public and spoke about cavefishes and evolution.