Biology

Almost a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened

The crayfish Procambarus orcinus, which occurs in karst waters, is an endangered species. © Keith A. Crandall, C. Riley Nelson ...

Rendzina is soil of the year 2025

The Rendzina is created, among other things, on chalk limestone - like here on Rügen. © Karl-Heinz Feger / DBG German Soil Science Society ...

Baltic Sea: Multi-resistant pathogens detected

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria live in the surface water of the Baltic Sea. © PhotoEvans/ iStock ...

How hurricane “Lothar” changed the Swiss forest

After Hurricane Lothar raged, many trees in the Swiss plateau fell victim to the wind. © Reinhard Lässig ...

These tiny creatures do a great service to nature

Animal dwarfs like this colorful ball jumper are essential for the continued existence of ecosystems. © Valentin Gutekunst ...

What will the wastewater treatment plant of the future look like?

Researchers are currently working on the wastewater treatment plant of the future. © Umwelttechnik BW / Photographer: Frank Eppler ...

Macaws are born mimics

Blue-throated Macaws involuntarily imitate each other - just like us humans. © Adrian Azcarate ...

First census in the largest bonobo stronghold

Bonobos mostly stay in trees and build nests in them to sleep. © Christian Ziegler/Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Biology ...

UN publishes most comprehensive drought atlas to date

The new "World Drought Atlas" shows drought risks worldwide, but also causes and possible measures. © UNCCD/EC ...

Wood wasp parasitic wasp becomes “Insect of the Year” 2025

Insect of the year 2025: The parasitic wood wasp (Rhyssa persuasoria). © Frank Vassen ...

How squirrels adapt to city life

Squirrel in a Berlin garden, captured by a wildlife camera. © Leibniz-IZW Squirrels...

Why cigarette butts do double harm to the environment

Cigarette butts that are carelessly thrown away do double the damage to water bodies. © RyanJLane/ iStock ...

Ancient worm from the Precambrian found

Uncus fossil from Nilpena Ediacara National Park. The numbers correspond to the coordinates of that fossil on the surface of the fossil bed. Right:...

Mystery about the smell of carrion from the titan root solved

A heat map of the corpse flower shows that the titan arum's central, towering flower stalk warms to about eleven degrees Celsius above ambient...

Global phytoplankton biomass remeasured

Phytoplankton algae like these form the basis of marine food chains. © Sinhyu/ iStock ...

Fossil pterosaur meals

Artist's impression of a pterosaur in a coastal habitat in what is now southern Germany during the Early Jurassic period. © SMNS, L. Reinoehl ...

Bacterial “pirate ships” in sight

Video: An Aureispira bacteria grabs victim cells. The second video sequence shows...

Global Water Report: The extremes are increasing

Droughts and floods are becoming more common around the world. © Robert Reinecke ...

Powerful oratory

The work of the American ancient historian Jon E. Lendon deals with...

Feathered winners of the Middle Ages

The stork apparently only conquered some areas of distribution in Europe as a result of agricultural change. A stork's nest in Bergenhusen, Schleswig-Holstein. ©...

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