Chimpanzees like this one could lose large parts of their habitats. (Image: Pascal Gagneux / GMERC)
Whether chimpanzees, bonobos or gorillas: the African great...
Rotifers are tiny multicellular organisms that can also live in soil. (Image: Michael Plewka)
They survived the freezing and then about 24,000 years in...
Varroa mites weaken the bees' immune system, transmit viruses and deprive them of nutrients. (Image: Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service)
Fungal infection instead...
The lighter ant is infected with tapeworm larvae. (Photo: Susanne Foitzik / JGU)
Parasites usually harm their host because they live at its expense....
Reindeer have a large distribution area, but they have very specific food requirements. (Image: Robert Kalinagil / Unsplash)
Even if an animal species has...
HILDA + land use map for 2019 (Image: Karina Winkler / KIT
People leave their “footprint” on the earth's land through agriculture, clearing forests or...
Researchers have shown possible damage to symbiosis systems in insects through studies on flat grain beetles. (Photo: Backiris / iStock)
The focus is mostly...
Rough-skin bats probably orient themselves on their long-distance journeys using a magnetic sense located in the corneas of their eyes. (Image: Oliver Lindecke...
A tiny parasitic wasp visits a cocoa blossom. (Image: Manuel Toledo)
Without pollinator insects, many of our crops cannot reproduce and bear fruit. ...
Paper packaging with the coating on the inside. (Image: Fraunhofer)
Environmentally friendly alternatives to plastic packaging have been sought for a long time. ...
Left the “risen” date palm “Methuselah” and right the later “awakened” palm “Adam”. (Images: Sarah Sallon)
What are the characteristics of the so-called Judean...