Biology

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How the world became oxygen rich

The Origin of the Oxygen Treasure from the Trail. © NARIN EUNGSUWAT For a long time, the first photosynthetic cyanobacteria were hardly able...
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Rhinos are supposed to be made from skin cells

The last of their kind: Fatu and Najin have to be guarded by bodyguards around the clock in the Ol Pejeta Conservany. ©...
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Human Impact: Most plants lose

The invasive aquatic plant Halophila stipulacea is among the beneficiaries of the Anthropocene. © nusuke/ iStock Humans have been interfering with nature on a...
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Climate change affects Europe’s beech forests

View of a Central European beech forest. © brytta/ iStock The common beech is one of the most important tree species in European deciduous...
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Cosmic Impact dated

In north-west Greenland, a 31 km wide crater lies dormant under the ice. © University of Copenhagen Much earlier than thought: The huge Hiawatha...
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Primeval “eight-armed man” with ten arms

Artist's rendering of the primeval cephalopod. © K. Whalen/Christopher Whalen Today's representatives reach out with eight arms - the primeval ancestors of the octopuses,...
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Amazon rainforest is losing its resilience

View of the Amazon rainforest. © JarnoVerdonk The Amazon rainforest is considered the “green lung” of the planet and an important biodiversity hotspot. ...
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Anti-icing protection with potential

Ice only adheres very weakly to the specially structured shell of an Antarctic mussel species and can therefore be washed away by even slight...
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How microbes protect plants from diseases

Pseudomonas bacteria at the stomata of a plant leaf. © Sonja Kersten/ Max Planck Institute for Biology The smallest creatures colonize not only us...
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Birch trees pull microplastics out of the ground

Birch trees could serve soil as garbage disposal. © JanBussan A study shows that soil contaminated by tiny plastic particles could be rehabilitated with...
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Foreign tree species become a refuge

With the fogging method, insects and arachnids can be captured from treetops. © Andreas Floren/ University of Würzburg The planting of non-native tree species...
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Season of the asteroid impact determined

Artist's depiction of the catastrophe that befell life on a river in present-day North Dakota one spring around 66 million years ago. ©...
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet Forming Slower Than Expected

View of the tongue of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica. © Thomas Ronge The glaciers of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are melting...
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»Climate change requires innovation«

Do we need genetic engineering to make our food crops fit for the future? Photo: Getty Images How can we sustainably feed a growing...
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Green carnivore under anesthesia

A Venus Flytrap stunned by Aether can no longer close when stimulated. © Bogdan Lazar/iStock; Detail © Sönke Scherzer, University of Würzburg It...
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Surprise finds in the Arctic Ocean

Enthusiasm when fishing successfully with a long line at an ice hole in the Arctic Ocean: a cod fished. © UFA Show &...
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Mosquitoes learn from damage

Apparently, mosquitoes can develop a "nose" for insecticides. © Mailson Pignata/iStock One might think that they are only driven by simple bloodlust – but...
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How endangered are the vascular plants of Europe?

Pictures of some endangered plants in Europe. © Vlaev, Dimiter in Peev, D. et al. (eds) (2015) Compared to many animal groups, the...
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Better gorilla health through corona measures

Tourists wear masks while visiting mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Measures taken to protect animals from Covid-19 may also have...
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The amazing migration of the dog sharks

A North Sea dogfish with a satellite transmitter. © C. Howe/ H2Owe, Thünen Institute/ M. Schaber From the German Bight to the deep sea:...
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