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  • Extreme dwarfs and giants more likely to go extinct

    Islands are biodiversity hotspots and home to animal species with unique features, including dwarfs that evolved to very small sizes compared to their mainland relatives, and giants. An international study now shows that those species have a higher...

  • Supporting an urgent call to protect Madagascar’s biodiversity with AI

    A new study reveals the need to protect species at risk of extinction

  • Biodiversity: using artificial intelligence to better identify areas to protect

    Can more species be saved from extinction by using artificial intelligence? A team of researchers, led by SIB Group Leader Daniele Silvestro of the University of Fribourg and University of Gothenburg, has trained a new software package, CAPTAIN, to...

  • Daniele Silvestro's group

    What we do We develop computational methods and software to study evolutionary processes across different organisms including plants, vertebrates, and invertebrate groups and ultimately understand biodiversity changes across space and time. We use...