Biology

Seeds cleverly screwed into the ground

Video: Carnegie Mellon University Oak wood shavings provide torque: Researchers have developed a sophisticated drilling equipment for seeds that literally screws the seeds into the...

Primeval leaf sleep in the mirror of scars

Symmetrically arranged feeding marks on modern (right) and fossil leaf structures (left) indicate that insects gnawed on them in a folded nocturnal position. ...

Malaria mosquitoes on the rise

Anopheles mosquitoes are important carriers of malaria. © abadonian/iStock Climate change is opening up new habitats for malaria mosquitoes in Africa, study results suggest: In...

Antifreeze with wax and hair

With different types of plant leaves, certain fine structures lead to different freezing processes. © Elena Gorb and Stanislav Gorb ...

Record low sea ice cover in Antarctica

Antarctic sea ice extent on February 8, 2023. © meereisportal.de For a long time, the Antarctic sea ice was considered relatively stable and less affected...

Orcas: Expensive “Mother’s Boys”

Orcas have amazing mother-son bonds. © Center for Whale Research (permit number: NMFS 21238) Maternal care of the extreme kind: Orca mothers take care of...

How dogs react to wolves howling

Illustration of the results of the study. © Lehoczki Fanni and Gáti Oszkár Dániel Like their wild ancestors, dogs are known to howl. However, this...

Agri-photovoltaics: Expansion is slowed down

Elevated agri-PV system. © University of Hohenheim / Schweiger Harvest and electricity from the field: With agri-photovoltaics, food and solar electricity can be produced on...

Ants: Fueled Hostility?

The researchers focused on the ant species Tetramorium alpestre, which is widespread in high alpine regions. © Petra Thurner, Molecular Ecology Research Group ...

Does Germany have room for wild moose and bison?

Wild herd of bison in the Polish Carpathians. © Szymon Bartosz/ iStock Bisons and elks were native to our regions for thousands of years, today...

Drone collects environmental DNA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jpTahO7pls On the trail of biodiversity: Researchers have developed a drone that can land on branches and capture genetic traces that living beings have left...

Smaller fish due to ocean warming

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

Pollutant model needs to be revised

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

How flower patterns benefit pollinators

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/ ...

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