Biology

Climate change is making coral reef refuges disappear

Coral bleaching off Japan. © Berger Lab Climate change is threatening coral reefs even more than previously thought. A study shows that even...

Dumb as a fish

The squirrel fish are examples of "talkative" inhabitants of the underwater world. (Image: JEFFREY T WILLIAMS) They hum, squeak, drum...: A study shows that...

Released lynx have low genetic diversity

A lynx in the Alps. (Image: Christine Breitenmoser/ KORA) Because they were hunted excessively, lynx were now extinct in Central Europe. Although there...

Migratory birds use geomagnetic stop signs

The earth's magnetic field apparently forms a coordinate system for the stopping points of the migration of the European reed warbler. (Image: Thomas...

Muscular through hibernation thanks to the intestinal flora

A thirteen-striped squirrel hibernating. (Image: Photo courtesy Rob Streiffer) How do some animals get through hibernation without losing a lot of muscle mass? ...

Certain habitats underrepresented in protected areas

Deosai National Park in Pakistan. (Image: Ch. Hof / TU Munich) Protected areas are among the most effective means of conserving biological diversity. ...

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How microbes survive extreme heat

The Japanese drill ship Chikyu provided the samples from the deep seabed. (Image: JAMSTEC) Where are the limits of life? Up to what...

Trees call for help

Heaved into the treetops with a crane: Researchers are investigating the "cries for help" of oaks in the Leipzig floodplain forest. (Image: iDiv) There...

A plug protects whales from being swallowed

Rorquals have to withstand enormous stress when eating. (Image: ANDREYGUDKOV/iStock) They mouth more than anyone else: A study now sheds light on how rorquals...

High economic damage from invasive crustaceans

Chinese mitten crab (Image: Juan García-de-Lomas/ University of Cádiz) Invasive animals can cause immense ecological damage. A study now shows that the local spread...

Space research benefits agriculture

A method of converting waste into fertilizer, originally developed for growing crops in space, may also benefit terrestrial agriculture. Source: DLR

Thin ice: How warming is changing lakes

Ice from a wintry lake. (Image: Stella Berger) Our winters are becoming milder and, as a result, many lakes freeze over less and less...

Mini bugs with amazing flying technique

Model of the wing movements of a feather-winged beetle and visualization of the air currents (below). (Image: Adapted from Farisenkov et al. Nature,...

On the trail of the “sixth sense”.

Salmon and many other animals can use the earth's magnetic field to orient themselves during their migrations. (Image: DaveAlan/iStock) What is it about the...

Wall hedges: widening announced

The strips of bushes and trees between fields are important refuges for European biodiversity. (Photo: Kathrin Litza / University of Bremen) Like elongated oases,...

Thousands of still unknown insects in Germany

gall midge and humpback fly. (Image: C. Chimeno, SNSB-ZSM) Even the supposedly well-researched world of insects in Germany still has a lot of new...

UV iridescence on and off

Orange Sulfur moth with UV photograph overlays showing iridescence in ultraviolet light. (Image: Vincent Ficarrotta / The George Washington University) How do related species...

World’s largest fish hatchery discovered

Nests of Antarctic icefish. (AWI OFOBS Team) Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, researchers have discovered the...

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