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...
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...
Model of the wing movements of a feather-winged beetle and visualization of the air currents (below). (Image: Adapted from Farisenkov et al. Nature,...
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...
The strips of bushes and trees between fields are important refuges for European biodiversity. (Photo: Kathrin Litza / University of Bremen)
Like elongated oases,...
Orange Sulfur moth with UV photograph overlays showing iridescence in ultraviolet light. (Image: Vincent Ficarrotta / The George Washington University)
How do related species...
A tobacco enthusiast laying eggs. (Image: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for chemical ecology)
On the trail of a surprising preference: Researchers have uncovered...
The marine unicellular Nitrosopumilus maritimus evidently supplies itself with oxygen. (University of Oldenburg)
Normally light is needed - oxygen is produced by photosynthetic organisms...
Scientist Elizabeth Clare collects samples for the detection of environmental DNA from the air. (Image: Elizabeth Clare)
Sometimes we smell them - but the...
The comb jelly Mnemiopsis Leidyi. (Image: Cornelia Jaspers / DTU Aqua)
The comb jelly Mnemiopsis Leidyi, originally from North America, is one of the...
Weddell seal with sensor. (Image: Nobuo Kokubun / NIPR)
Research vessels cannot penetrate many marine areas on the Antarctic continental shelf due to the...