Biology

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...

Calving glacier front in Svalbard. © Fabien Maussion if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 = document.getElementById("iqadtile1-wrapper"); var divAdtile3 = document.getElementById("iqadtile3-wrapper"); //var divAdtile1Mobile...

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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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A glass frog presents its transparent underside. © Jesse Delia if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 = document.getElementById("iqadtile1-wrapper"); var divAdtile3...

Government representatives from 188 countries have agreed on a framework agreement on species conservation. © UN Biodiversity / CC by 2.0 ...

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The experimental results also seem to be reflected in nature: early snowmelt (2022, right) leads to earlier browning in alpine grasslands compared to later...

Typical tooth shapes in the three main lineages of dinosaurs. © Antonio Ballell if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 =...

Data collection on an insect trap. © NABU/ Sebastian Hennigs if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 = document.getElementById("iqadtile1-wrapper"); var divAdtile3 =...

Researchers have developed a "quick witted" computer model (above) of the tails of diplodocid dinosaurs (model below). © Simone Conti/Zachi Evenor ...

The last two females of the northern white rhino. © Jan Stejkal/ Safari Park Dvůr Králové ...

This image illustrates just how much water hemp (right) can reduce corn yields. © Julia Kreiner, University of British Columbia. ...

In a dry maar near Schalkenmehren, a sediment core is pulled out of the subsoil. © ELSA project ...

In a dry maar near Schalkenmehren, a sediment core is pulled out of the subsoil. © ELSA project ...

This is what life in the far north of Greenland could have looked like around two million years ago. Artist's rendering © Beth...