Biology

An ant made from Goethe’s amber

Ant in amber: 3D reconstruction in front of the amber piece from Goethe's collection. © Bernhard Bock/Daniel Tröger Even around 200 years after Johann Wolfgang...

Seaweed as an underestimated carbon store

Greenland seaweed stocks, such as the bladderwrack shown here, can make a major contribution to long-term carbon storage and thus help with climate protection....

Surprising species discovery in the North Sea

Marine biologists have discovered five new species of copepods in the North Sea - here colored differently. © Sven Rossel The German North Sea is...

Additive reduces methane emissions from manure

In manure storage, microbes metabolize the manure and release climate-damaging methane and nitrous oxide. However, a simple additive can minimize these emissions. © Lietze/ATB Livestock...

CO2 prices affect heating costs – but not everywhere

The planned uniform CO2 price will change heating costs, but not to the same extent everywhere. © Axel Bueckert/iStock From 2028, a uniform EU-wide CO2...

Criminal energy against the environment

How can crime entertain and educate when combined with the triple crisis of biodiversity loss, global pollution and the climate crisis? You might ask...

Seeing without oxygen: Secret of the bird retina decoded

Bird retinas work with surprisingly little oxygen. The so-called pecten oculi in the vitreous body of your eye plays a key role in this....

Resources overused: The world is “water bankrupt”

Overexploitation and pollution of water resources have depleted global water resources at an alarming rate. © UNU-INWEH Falling groundwater levels, melting glaciers and drying wetlands:...

Fungus deadly to amphibians came from Brazil

The North American bullfrog (Aquarana catesbeiana) is an exotic amphibian species that has been commercially bred in Brazil since the 1930s. The trade in...

Cows can also use specific tools

The cow Veronika uses sticks as a scratching aid. © Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró Compared to other mammals, cows are generally not considered to...

More crop failures due to droughts in Central Europe too

Drought in a corn field. © no_limit_pictures There is actually no shortage of rain in Central Europe - there is sufficient rainfall, especially in winter....

Map of Antarctica’s hidden landscape

The new map of subglacial Antarctica shows the topography far more precisely than before. © Helen Ockenden Deeply hidden beneath the kilometer-thick ice of Antarctica...

Epoxy resin becomes recyclable

Empa researcher Arvindh Sekar with the new epoxy resin, which is recyclable and flame-retardant. © Empa Plastics such as epoxy resins are an integral part...

Why primates have same-sex sex

Chimpanzees also sometimes practice same-sex sex. © Cheryl Ramalho Same-sex sex is widespread in the animal kingdom. It is already known that genetic factors play...

Garbage in the Rhine: around ten tons a day

Using a garbage trap, researchers have for the first time conducted a more comprehensive study of how much garbage floats in the Rhine. ©...

Ice dome in northern Greenland completely melted 7,000 years ago

Researchers on the ice of Prudhoe Dome in Greenland. © Jason Briner/University at Buffalo The Prudhoe Dome in northwest Greenland now consists of an ice...

On the road with writing women

Mary Shelley, Else Lasker-Schuler and Simone de Beauvoir: These women not only wrote and left important works behind. They are also connected by a...

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