The unusual sweet tooth may have enabled songbirds to occupy new ecological niches. (Image: A Honeyeater, Credit: Gerald Allen, Macaulay Library 340326621)
Many birds...
Genetic peculiarities ensure the development of fractals and Fibonacci spirals in Romanesco. (Image: AlasdairJames / iStock)
The Romanesco cauliflower variety has an unusual shape:...
False color scanning electron microscope images of denticles. The characteristics of the tiny skin teeth vary in sharks with different lifestyles. (Image:...
Cross-section and molecular distribution of an earthworm using the combined method, mass spectrometry on the left and fluorescence microscopy on the right. (Image:...
A painted lady in Morocco. (Image: Orio Massana)
Painted ladies undertake the longest known insect migration over several generations - from their winter quarters...
Changes in animal behavior can have domino effects in aquatic ecosystems. (Image: University of Florida)
One might think that they no longer seem so...
The life expectancy of the famous coelacanth has so far been drastically underestimated. (Image: Michel VIARD / iStock)
The “living fossils” are also Methusalems...
Sampling in the Arctic Ocean. (Image: Kathryn Purdon / University of Victoria)
The Arctic Ocean off Canada was previously considered largely unencumbered by human...
Measuring station on the ridge of the Thuringian Forest. (Image: Mertes / TROPOS)
Soot particles from the exhaust gases from industry, heating systems and...