One example among many: the range of the great Asian river turtle Batagur trivittata has shrunk dramatically. (Image: Rick Hudson)
“Turtles of the World”:...
Growing young plant. (Image: RomoloTavani / iStock)
In plants, solid cell walls form a stable framework that supports and holds the cells together and...
It sounds shrill through the hive: Researchers have identified a special alarm signal that Asian honeybees generate when threatened by giant hornets. ...
The endangered European brown bear lives in the Sirente Velino Regional Park in Abruzzo, Italy. (Image: Stefano_Pellicciari / iStock)
They like to be on...
Cargo confiscated from pangolin sheds in Nigeria. (Image: Charles Emogor)
Although pangolins are strictly protected and acutely threatened, there is a lively trade between...
A neuroid sponge cell (orange) stretches out processes towards a digestive cell (green) in order to apparently establish a communication link. (Photo: Jacob...
Bees show highly complex social behavior. (Image: Dr Michelina Pusceddu, University of Sassari)
The more contact individuals have with one another, the easier it...
Frightened flies "felt on the pulse". (Video excerpt, Credit: Champalimaud Research)
As is well known, frightening situations can get our pulse rate skyrocketing -...
With their biotope "BioDiversum", scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen want to draw attention to the fact that biodiversity...
Successful comeback: the majestic bearded vultures are back in the Alps. (Image: Hansruedi Weyrich)
"Wally" and "Bavaria" are now developing their typical wanderlust -...