Frédéric Méry and his team (EPCC) were interviewed by a journalist of RTS for the program CQFD. The topic was memory . Experiments about memory of the choices of a group of drosophila and of social learning were described. To listen to the program, please follow the link.

Jean-Christophe Sandoz (Evolbee) gave an interview to the La Recherche journal (October 2016). The article deals with olfactive capacities in bees. To read teh article .

The DEEIT team contributed to a television report dealing with biological pest control.  It will be broadcasted on Arte the 11th of  october at 22h40 (rediffusion the following days on Arte +7). The film is entitled  “The new warriors of the fields” by Claude-Julie Parisot. It is a documentary lasting 50 min on biological pest

The collective book of GDR 3692 is available. Here are its references: Under the direction of D. Faure et D. Joly Illustrated book (174 pages) ISTE Editions. Parution july 2016. Génomique environnementale, la révolution du séquençage à haut débit An electronic version plus a printed book in French On the web site of ISTE Editions

Nicolas Pollet (POLYGNOME) published in collaboration with colleagues an article reporting the synchrotron analysis of a mummified salamander dating from Eocene. This analysis allowed a phylogenetic analysis of the mummy: the fossil belongs to the pseudosaurian caudates.To read the article.

Paul-André Calatayud’s (DEEIT) team published an article in collaboration with scientists from ICIPE center which results open avenues on effects  of climate change on insect pest populations in east Africa. This article was the subject of a short publication on INEE web site.

Speciation is a rare phenomenon. Yet in Mayotte scientists (among them Jean David, IGGIPOP) described a population of D. yacuba drosophila feeding on the fruit of the Morinda tree which is toxic to flies on the african continent. This could provides the geographic isolation and the ecological specialization that are necessary to speciation. The article

The black bee, a species well adapted to our climate, is in great danger. Already weakened by different stresses such as parasites or pesticides, the black bees tend to be replaced by imported bees, which are less well adapted and depend on humans to survive. The Pollinis association filmed a press conference given with  FEDCAN