Do you want to know more about the life under our feet? Are you curious about soil animals in the Netherlands? During the (Citizen) Science café on 3 December, all this will be discussed. Here, Ron de Goede, Paul Bodelier and Froukje Rienks, among others, will discuss life in the soil.

This weekend it's the National Science Weekend in the Netherlands! The KNAW is organising a fun science festival for kids and parents. NIOO colleagues will join to show the wonders of algae and soil animals.

On 15 November 2024, Xianhui Shi will defend her PhD thesis, titled "Nature is a complex maze for the geline hyperparasitoids"

On 22 October 2024 NIOO researcher Yuting Dong will defend her PhD thesis "The effect of biotic and abiotic factors on reproduction in a false widow spider".

Visit NIOO during Lowlands festival at Lowlands Science and join the citizen science research into the water quality of Lake Lowlands.

In her talk titled ‘ Swimming fungi: Diversity, Interactions and Functions in Aquatic Ecosystem’, Maiko Kagami will cover a general background on aquatic fungi, their diversity and role in ecosystem functioning.

On 26 June 2024, it is exactly 70 years since the founding of the IOO, the predecessor of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Below is a growing overview of activities in the lustrum year.

This year we are celebrating an anniversary: the Soil Animal Days (Bodemdierendagen) are ten years old! In September we are starting our citizen science project again. To give this 10th anniversary an extra festive touch, we will start this edition with a very special evening.

On 9 July, Aurelia Strauss will defend her PhD thesis, titled "Variation in avian chronotype: causes and consequences".

On 25 June, Claire Hermans will defend her PhD thesis, titled "Bats in the spotlight: Spatiotemporal response of foraging and commuting bats to anthropogenic light at night".