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...
The flying abilities of the "flies of research" were apparently underestimated. (rob_lan / iStock)
They do not look particularly "sporty" when they lazily circling...
It lives up to its name once again: in the bizarre "alien" mantis from the Peruvian rainforest, biologists have discovered an organ previously unknown...
So far, Arabica coffee has dominated the market, but climate change is causing it problems. (Image: amenic181 / iStock)
When it comes to top-quality...
Beetles cause enormous damage in agriculture and in stockpiling. (Image: Red-brown rice flour beetle, Credit: Tomasz Klejdysz / iStock)
A bizarre, but poison-free control...
Invasive species in Europe: raccoon (left) and raccoon dog (right). (Images: left: win247 / iStock, right: Dorian Dörge)
In many places the problematic exotic...