News archive for Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

High densities of ungulates can prevent forest regeneration, as all the young...

Provocative suggestions for wildlife management (13.08.2013)

Why on earth would researchers consider hunting practices that deliberately induce stress and fear?

Digestive tract cross-section from an Atlantic cod larvae

Fish larva research yielding important results (13.08.2013)

Knowing more about fish larva nutrition will have a significant impact on future aquaculture industry practices.

A number of factors influence teleost larva.

Fish larva are fantastically plastic (13.08.2013)

This knowledge will have a significant impact on future aquaculture industry practices.

A Visit from the Minister of the Environment (06.08.2013)

August 1st, 2013 the Norwegian Minister of the Environment, Bård Vegard Solhjell, paid a visit to UiB to hear more about the Norwegian volcanoes that lie beneath the sea surface.

Olav Moberg conducting the experiment to study how growing environment...

Stimulating environment is good for fish (01.08.2013)

A new study, covered by the BBC News and published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows that salmon growing in a stimulating environment become smarter.