Study results suggest that humans have developed a comparatively low water requirement in the course of their evolution. (Image: caracterdesign / iStock)
One of...
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Rice plants easily absorb the toxic heavy metal arsenic through their roots, which means that rice is often considered to be highly polluted. ...
Peregrine falcon equipped with satellite tracker. (Image: Andrew Dixon)
Peregrine falcons travel thousands of kilometers to get from their breeding areas to their winter...
Searching for endangered crested newts with the species detection dog. (Image: Daniel Peter)
The list of endangered animals and plants around the world is...
This illustration shows an eyelash animal with endosymbionts highlighted in yellow inside. (Image: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, S. Ahmerkamp)
A symbiotic partner...
The squids have again demonstrated their amazing intelligence. (Image: Alexandra Schnell)
Those who are wise wait: we can resist immediate temptation knowing that it...
Species sometimes hardly differ externally, only genetically. In the picture the "Oman barbel" Garra shamal. (Image: NHM Vienna)
They live in the few...
The glorious male lyre tails are once again living up to their reputation as sonic imitation artists. (Image: Alex Maisey, University of Wollongong)
“Alarm!”...
Painting ship hulls releases microplastics. (Image: GBlakeley / iStock)
It has long been known that the oceans are contaminated by tiny plastic particles. ...
By means of microinjection of dyes, the researchers study processes in the bizarre creatures. (Image: Bjoern Kscheschinski / MPI-DS)
Alien beings in their sights:...
City gardens are important suppliers of nectar for insects. (Image: Nicholas Tew)
Nectar is an important source of food for many insects - especially...
Storm damage: Some forest areas are particularly vulnerable to these growing pressures as a result of climate change. (Image: ollo / iStock)
Storms, fires...
Artist's impression of phages infecting a bacterium. (Image: peterschreiber.media/iStock)
The living environment in our intestines is even more complex than one might think, a...
A deep-water arm pelvis (Pelagodiscus atlanticus) on a piece of plastic film from the deep sea. (Image: Xikun Song / Xiamen University)
For decades,...
Researchers have gained insight into the evolutionary history of the stick hornets and ghosts. They evidently developed their bizarre camouflage methods after the...