Biology

Tiny fossil fish “ear stones” have given researchers clues as to the size of the inhabitants of the twilight zone during what was once...

Atmospheric researcher Thomas Karl examined the air above Innsbruck. © University of Innsbruck The exhaust gases from road traffic trigger chemical reaction chains that produce...

Illustration to the study. © Robin Richter et al., Functional Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14262 CC. License: BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ...

Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). © Sheng-Chian Juan To survive on low-nitrogen substrates, oyster mushrooms kill and eat tiny nematodes. A new study now provides insights...

A thin section of a Homo erectus tooth used for chemical analysis using laser ablation plasma mass spectrometry. © Alessia Nava/ Luca Bondioli ...

A deep-sea char (above) and a normal char (below) from Lake Constance. © FFS/LAZBW The Lake Constance deep-sea char did not fall victim to the...

New York City is densely built-up. © Tomas Sereda/ iStock Street trees, leafy backyards, and other urban greenery can absorb more carbon dioxide than is...

Video: The dolphin "Delta" presses a button at exactly the same moment as his partner "Reese" at the other end of the test facility....

A lack of a metabolic enzyme apparently enables hummingbirds such as the long-tailed shadowy hummingbird to perform the energy-consuming hover flight. © Mats...

Deforestation in the Borneo rainforest. © Zoe G. Davies Forests are considered the green lungs of the earth, drawing climate-damaging CO2 from the atmosphere. Their...

Not only the burning of kerosene is apparently responsible for the ultrafine dust pollution that comes from airports. © CAHKT/iStock ...

Abducted in Central and South America, Johnstone's pipe frog can disrupt ecosystems and annoy people with its shrill calls. ©Senckenberg ...

A fossil pollen grain from the period of the mass extinction at the end of the Permian Age. © Prof. Liu Feng from...

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So far, plastics have been difficult to recycle and almost non-biodegradable. © subjug/ iStock if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1...

They still exist in the Red Sea - but the stocks of dugong manatees are threatened. © Cinoby/iStock ...

Sea ice in the Bering Strait – today the former land bridge is flooded. © Julie Granger ...

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