The postglacial colonisation of the stag beetle
Every specimen carries its own set of genes and by studying these genes we get insight in the ancestral tree of that specimen. Depending on the genes studied and techniques…
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Magical and medicinal practice with stag beetles in Roman times
In Roman times, it was believed that pendants, rings and gemstones could possess supernatural magical or medicinal qualities. These artifacts were sometimes made from animals and Romans had a particular…
Transect walks declining
This citizen science project was started up in order to follow the population trend of the European stag beetle. In order to analyze the data, we need long-term data so…
Wildlife observations
In the comments of the walks, you have been adding a lot of other wild life observations. They will never been analysed fully but we thougth it might be a…
Stag beetle behaviour and gender
All together, we already have data from more than 400 transect walks so we thought it would be a nice idea to look a bit closer to what kind of…
