Biology

Risk of hunger from earlier breeding

A young pond swallow is begging for food. (Image: SteveByland / iStock) Dangerous adaptation to global warming: If insectivorous birds breed earlier, they risk...

Chants signal a departure

The results of studies suggest that the sounds of blue whales could play a role in coordinating migration behavior. (Image: Daniel Conde /...

Fungal virus turns enemy into friend

A harmful fungus reduces the yields of the rapeseed fields. (Image: kritsada171 / iStock) Fungi can also catch viruses, and this can have amazing...

The value of natural capital at a glance

To what extent can values ​​be assigned to the services of nature? The environmental economist Bernd Hansjürgens from the Helmholtz Center for Environmental...

A quarter of all carnivorous plants are threatened

Examples of threatened carnivorous plants. (Image: Robinson / Krueger / Fleischmann) A quarter of all carnivorous plant species are threatened with extinction worldwide, according...

Locusts navigate with a double solar compass

Desert locust with an indicated polarization pattern of the sunlight. (Image: Keram Pfeiffer) Desert locusts sometimes migrate several hundred kilometers. As researchers have...

The “truffles” of the bonobos

Together with the common chimpanzee, the bonobos represent our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. The truffle-like mushroom can be seen in the...

Bats: Intergenerational Climate Adaptation

Great Noctule (Image: Anton Vlaschenko) Adaptation to climate change: Great noctule bat - one of the largest native bat species - shift their wintering areas...

Bird brain secrets revealed

Researchers have looked into birds' brains. (Photo: Tobias Machts / University of Tübingen) On the trail of amazing bird intelligence: Two studies now shed...

Teamwork to success: How rats work together

One of the test rats, the colored marking facilitates their tracking in the labryinth. (Photo: Péter Palatitz / Máté Nagy) Concentrating on your own...

Secret of the Australian fairy circles revealed

The Australian fairy circles as seen from the helicopter. (Image: Stephan Getzin) Mysterious rings: In Australia's arid landscape, grasses grow naturally in...

Chimpanzee Orphans: Shaded Life

The loss of the mother can also have far-reaching consequences for the life of the orphaned chimpanzee. (Image: Liran Samuni, Taï Chimpanzee Project) The...

Bees calibrated on sunflowers

For a high seed yield, sunflowers depend on pollinators like bees. (Image: Walter Farina) You just let them smell the desired search object: According...

Climate change threatens Komodo dragons

A Komodo dragon (Image: Achmad Ariefiandy / Komodo Survival Program) The Komodo dragon - the world's largest lizard - is already endangered today. Climate...

Bird research from space

On the trail of bird decline: Researchers equip several thousand blackbirds and thrushes with small transmitters in order to record them with the satellite-based...

Europe’s forests are becoming holey

Bare forest areas due to bark beetle infestation in Saxon Switzerland. (Image: Cornelius Senf / TUM) Gaps in the canopy: More than 36 million...

Which types of bees have a lot of brains?

What are the characteristics of the brain sizes in the various bee species? (Image: ConstantinCornel / iStock) From honey bees to bumblebees to solitary...

Do snorkelers bother clownfish?

A couple of clownfish are hiding in their home anemone. (Image: Evan Brown / Auckland University of Technology) The hit movie "Finding Nemo" made them...

Pest makes use of plant defense

The cabbage moth is a globally feared pest on the numerous representatives of the cabbage family. (Image: Benjamin Fabian, Max Planck Institute for...

Hummingbirds: Literally cool state

During the day, the shiny black-bellied tail whizzes nimbly from flower to flower, but in the cold night the Andean hummingbird falls into a...

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