Birds and insects: Human behavior in the focus of VetMedtalk!

Birds and insects: Human behavior in the focus of VetMedtalk!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - On March 12, 2025, an exciting online event under the title "VetMedtalk: Understand today. Change tomorrow. instead of. In this discussion, urgency issues related to the relationship between human behavior and the living environment of birds and insects are treated. Experts such as Sarah Saadain from the Center for Biological Sciences of the Vetmeduni will present their research results, including an interesting analysis of genomes of old insects that have been stored for 150 years in the Vienna Natural History Museum. The aim is to understand how the genome of these species has changed over time through human influence, as ots.at reports.

Another highlight of the event will be Dominique Waddoup, founder of Birdshades, the solutions to reduce the conflict between humans and wildlife. Their focus is on evidence -based products that can have a positive impact on interaction between humans and nature. Richard Zink, from the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Comparative Behavioral Research, will also be there and will share its years of experience in the field of support for local bird species such as the stone owl. The event is moderated by Bernhard Weingartner, a renowned science communicator. This exciting series belongs to the Sustainable Development Goals Initiative of the VetMeduni and promises to examine important questions about the environment and its challenges, as well as Vetmeduni.ac.at determined.