Do you know how fireflies woo their partners? They dine by candlelight but also with a good perfume! 

Our team members like to pickle stuff. However, we don't mean cucumbers or fruits but insect larvae!

New publication is out, get it while it’s hot!

Summer was here, children were enjoying their free time out of school, and adults their vacations. But science knows no vacation!

We visited our partners in UCEEB to discuss and plan the cooperation regarding our research of night-insect-friendly streetlamps.

Our team member Santiago Montoya-Molina successfully defended his doctorate thesis and received his well-deserved Ph.D. title.

Martin participated in the Open Access Week at the CZU Library. The event promoted the idea of Open Science.

Our project manager, Martin, and Iva Podlipná, our project administrator, went to the annual Meeting with representatives of the security research project managers.

Karolina took part in the organization of the event and participated in the summer school.

We were talking about fireflies, necrophagous beetles and our interesting projects.

Karolina and Santiago traveled far north (but not beyond the Wall) to represent our research in the beautiful capital of Finland.

Pavel and Martin went to represent some of our work to the XXIInd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying, Geology and Mining, Ecology and Management, SGEM 2022 held in Bulgaria.

Come join our newest project, which aims to explore where in Prague do fireflies occur.

This weekend, Pavel Jakubec took first-grade bachelor students to Holý vrch hill near Únětice to learn about insects and ecosystems.

A forensically important carrion beetle with suede-like black elytra and a red-orange "shield" on its back.

With the temperatures reaching pleasant levels, insects wake up from the winter slumber to return to their daily activities. And we were ready to catch them.

Martin Novák and Karolina Mahlerová bravely went to represent our research in Liverpool, UK, despite the Covid pandemic.

The easter bunny has visited our necrophagous beetle colonies and left us presents.