Biology

A male Great Bustard courting. © Ferenc Cegledi/iStock if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 = document.getElementById("iqadtile1-wrapper"); var divAdtile3 = document.getElementById("iqadtile3-wrapper"); //var divAdtile1Mobile...

Observations of the individual behavior of wolves in Yellowstone National Park form one of the bases of the study. © Yellowstone Cougar Project ...

Windblown mineral particles from the interior of the continents can supply algae in nutrient-poor sea areas with iron. Satellite image, © Jeff Schmaltz,...

Fossil and reconstruction of the driver ant Dissimulodorylus perseus. © Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ...

The Red Sea crown-of-thorns starfish now bear the name Acanthaster benzeii. © PD Dr. Oliver Voigt, LMU Geobiology ...

Raw materials are necessary for the energy transition – and their extraction and transport also cause emissions. © Kevin Krajick/Earth Institute ...

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Tropical rainforest on Réunion and sparse highland vegetation in the Andes. © Patrick Weigelt if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1...

There is algae even under the thick Antarctic sea ice. © Orla/ iStock if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 =...

Artistic reconstruction of the Ordovician fossils. © Franz Anthony if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 = document.getElementById("iqadtile1-wrapper"); var divAdtile3 = document.getElementById("iqadtile3-wrapper"); //var...

The Great Barrier Reef off Australia from an airplane.© ltos/ iStock if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 = document.getElementById("iqadtile1-wrapper"); var divAdtile3 =...

The slightly transparent shell of the "living fossil" shimmers in the light. © Jeff Goddard if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var...

Rats also react to the rhythm of music. © dlHunter/ iStock if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 = document.getElementById("iqadtile1-wrapper"); var divAdtile3...

In order to achieve the Paris climate protection target, global greenhouse gas emissions must be drastically reduced.© acilo/ iStock ...

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Example of a fossil animal from the Ediacarian era. © Photo courtesy of Scott Evans if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var...

During its lifetime, the bluebuck's fur is said to have had a bluish tinge. In the picture a stuffed animal from the Swedish...

Grassy tundra with dwarf shrubs in the Siberian Arctic. © Gabriela Schaepman-Strub/ University of Zurich if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var...

US President Theodore Roosevelt poses with a rhino killed in 1911 (link) and today's rhino. © historical/ Rookmaaker ...

The blue feathers in the wing are the hallmark of the clever jay. © Henk van Dijk/iStock ...