Biology

Skin teeth tell a shark-human story

False color scanning electron microscope images of denticles. The characteristics of the tiny skin teeth vary in sharks with different lifestyles. (Image:...

Monkeys too have to learn to communicate first

Common marmosets (Image: Manfred Eberle / German Primate Center GmbH) People first have to learn to speak - in the first few years of life...

Plastic waste: the consequences could be irreversible

Plastic waste is a global problem. (Image: Caroline Hansen, Heidi Knutsen / NGI) Plastic waste drifts in huge carpets on the oceans, accumulates as...

A look inside the earthworm

Cross-section and molecular distribution of an earthworm using the combined method, mass spectrometry on the left and fluorescence microscopy on the right. (Image:...

Storks have a fine nose

Storks on a freshly mown meadow. (Image: rotofrank / iStock) The keen eyes of an eagle, the extraordinary hearing of an owl - the...

On the trail of the “compass” of migratory birds

Migratory birds such as robins can sense the earth's magnetic field. Researchers have now shown that a biomolecule in birds' eyes reacts to...

Butterflies on a long-distance journey

A painted lady in Morocco. (Image: Orio Massana) Painted ladies undertake the longest known insect migration over several generations - from their winter quarters...

Poisonous algae bloom after asteroid impact

The explosive multiplication of algae can pollute water. (Image: Vladimirovic / iStock) It not only put an end to the dinosaurs - how the...

Change among dragonflies in Germany

The black darter (Sympetrum danae) prefers standing water. The species is affected by a sharp decline in Germany. (Photo: Frank Suhling) The aerial...

Antidepressants make cancers reckless

Changes in animal behavior can have domino effects in aquatic ecosystems. (Image: University of Florida) One might think that they no longer seem so...

Amazing life expectancy revealed

The life expectancy of the famous coelacanth has so far been drastically underestimated. (Image: Michel VIARD / iStock) The “living fossils” are also Methusalems...

Lead from human sources in the Arctic Ocean

Sampling in the Arctic Ocean. (Image: Kathryn Purdon / University of Victoria) The Arctic Ocean off Canada was previously considered largely unencumbered by human...

Soot in our air also comes from afar

Measuring station on the ridge of the Thuringian Forest. (Image: Mertes / TROPOS) Soot particles from the exhaust gases from industry, heating systems and...

Corkscrew head drives ray sperm

A ray sperm in view. (Image: Panbing Wang et al. / DOI number: 10.1073 / pnas.2024329118) Amazingly mobile germ cells: In the case of...

Tempting scent of corpses

Aristolochia microstoma has brownish flowers that lie close to the ground under leaf litter or stones. The flowers give off an unpleasant odor...

Tiny robots break down microplastics

Metallic microrobots (dark blue) on a piece of microplastic. (Image: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021 / acsami.1c04559) To remove microplastics from...

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