Biology

What does the One Health approach mean?

A scientist explains how health aspects of humans, animals and the environment are considered together in a current concept. This is important in...

Even competitors can be helpful

A tobacco enthusiast laying eggs. (Image: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for chemical ecology) On the trail of a surprising preference: Researchers have uncovered...

Ants “heal” wounds of “their” trees

Five high school students studied the behavior of tropical ants with the help of a scientist. (Image: Donna Conlon) Fix repaired holes: A tropical...

Oxygen production in dark depths

The marine unicellular Nitrosopumilus maritimus evidently supplies itself with oxygen. (University of Oldenburg) Normally light is needed - oxygen is produced by photosynthetic organisms...

North Sea: where did the invasive comb jelly come from?

The comb jelly Mnemiopsis Leidyi. (Image: Cornelia Jaspers / DTU Aqua) The comb jelly Mnemiopsis Leidyi, originally from North America, is one of the...

Dogs’ brains can distinguish languages

A dog taking a speech test in the brain scanner. (Image: Eniko Kubinyi) For the first time, researchers have shown that not only humans...

Species protection: shadows and rays of light 2021

According to the WWF, Germany's cranes were among the losers of the past year. (Image: mauribo / iStock) Animal winners and losers in the...

Robben as a research assistant

Weddell seal with sensor. (Image: Nobuo Kokubun / NIPR) Research vessels cannot penetrate many marine areas on the Antarctic continental shelf due to the...

Wild animals conquer the big city

Fox in a Berlin garden. (Image: Leibniz-IZW) How do foxes, martens and raccoons get along in the big city? How do they adapt...

Diversity is the insurance of the forest

As part of the BEF China experiment, the development of trees in differently composed forest pieces is continuously recorded. (Photo: Stefan Trogisch) It's all...

Secret of fishy La Ola waves revealed

Thousands of individuals move in a coordinated manner: What is the function of the often complex schooling behavior of fish? In the case...

Prefabricated facade parts with climbing aids

Researchers present their concept for promoting vertical green in the city. (Image: TUK / view, Reiner Voss) Natural and cool instead of dreary and...

Pesticide exposure also to insects in nature reserves

The insects were caught in such net traps. (Image: EVK / CC-by-sa 4.0) Even in nature reserves, insects are not protected from pesticides, as...

“Real” millipede discovered for the first time

The newly discovered millipede is up to about four inches long and has 1306 feet. (Images: The first true millipede — 1,306 legs...

Find in the alluvial forest: Rare insect species rediscovered

This extremely rare mosquito-repellent was discovered in the Leipzig floodplain forest. (Photo: Lisa Hahn) In the Leipzig floodplain forest, biologists have discovered an insect...

“Everyday species” on the advance

The growth of the already widespread plant species threatens the diversity of plants in many ecosystems in Europe. (Image: Harald Pauli / OeAW) Stinging...

Tropical forests recover quickly

Cleared forest. (Image: University of Innsbruck) Positive surprise: if the trees grow back after the rainforest has been deforested or slashed by fire, this...

Species identification: DNA barcoding for everyone

https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-021-01141-x The biodiversity on our planet is huge, but how many and which species there are is only known to a fraction. One of...

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