Microplastic particles can bind other pollutants. (Image: pcess609 / iStock)
Microplastics are not only everywhere in the environment and even in us - they...
Sticky flower stalks: How does this rabid plant reconcile prey capture and pollination? (Image: Danilo Lima)
New addition to the carnivorous plant community: Researchers...
Streaky Silphie (Silphium perfoliatum). (Image: fotolinchen / iStock)
So far, wood has been the main raw material for paper production - a resource that...
Fox squirrel on the go. (Image: Lawrence Wang / UC Berkeley)
When jumping from branch to branch, squirrels find tradeoffs between jumping distance and...
Green and slimy: Carpets made of thread algae are increasingly conquering clear and clean waters. (Image: Sabine Hilt / IGB)
Researchers draw attention to...
(Ruhr flood near Schwerte in July 2021. Image: PS-DES! GN-AdobeStock)
The heavy rain catastrophe in the west and south of Germany demonstrates it in a...
Rice plants just before harvest. (Image: caoyu36 / iStock)
With a new approach to green genetic engineering, researchers have succeeded in making rice and...
Wild boars are digging up the soil in Australia and other new habitats, causing significant CO2 emissions. (Image: The University of Queensland)
Lumpy strangers:...
Yellow-crested cockatoos opening a garbage can. (Image: MPI for Animal Behavior / B. Klump)
Cockatoos have often attracted attention due to their cleverness and...
Fungal spores on a crack in a microplastic particle. (Bar = 30 microns). (Image: University of Bayreuth / Mycology Department)
Microplastic particles in...
The red apollo is one of the mountain butterfly species that have moved significantly upwards since 1960. (Image: Thomas Schmitt, Senckenberg; graphic: Jan...
Hazel hedge near Nienburg / Saale (Image: Sophie Drexler / Thünen-Institut)
An agricultural landscape interspersed with hedges not only offers many animals valuable habitat and...