In the Mojave Desert, it sprouts under milky shimmering stones. (Image: Kirsten Fisher. CSU-Los Angeles)
They provide soft light and a favorable microclimate: quartz...
Scientists with test networks of an aquaculture. (Photo: Julia Siekmann, Uni Kiel)
Aquacultures now supply around half of all edible fish worldwide - despite...
Touristen in der Antarktis. (Bild: redtea/ iStock)
Die Antarktis ist der einzige Kontinent ohne dauerhafte menschliche Besiedlung – von ein paar Polarforschern mal abgesehen. Wie...
Clever together: As a group, some living things can develop properties or skills that individual individuals do not have. Max Planck researchers are concerned...
The harlequin researcher (Atelopus varius) is one of the species on the abyss. (Image: Gerardo Ceballos)
The sixth mass extinction is in full swing: all...
Bumblebees apparently deliberately damage leaves to cause a reaction. (Hannier Pulido, De Moraes and Mescher Laboratories)
If hungry bumblebees find no flowers, they take...
Researchers have decoded the genome of the carnivorous plants Venus fly trap (left), sundew (center) and water trap (right). (Image: Dirk Becker / Sönke...
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Member of the youth delegation for Germany at the UN Nature Conservation Conference. Ambassador for the UN Decade of Biodiversity. These are impressive...
Close friends: two Javanese monkeys. (Image: Animal Ecology / Universiteit Utrecht)
Working stress is often easier to endure than being alone - monkeys can also...
Hermit crabs are looking for empty snail shells as mobile homes. (alxpin / iStock)
Myriads of tiny plastic particles threaten marine ecosystems worldwide. A study...
Ship emissions are a major environmental problem. (Image: danaibe12 / iStock)
Whether cruise ship, freighter or ferry: So far, shipping has been anything but environmentally...
Lipids in the conductor tracks limit the negative pressure potential. (Photo: Matej Kanduč, Jožef-Stefan Institute, Ljubljana)
The more you suck on a drinking straw, the...
Highlighted honey bees in a beehive. (Image: Adam G. Dolezal)
Viruses plague not only us humans - the same applies to honeybees. Researchers have now...
Flying insects are particularly important for pollination. (Image: Gabriele Rada)
Studies have repeatedly shown a sharp decline in insects - but mostly only for individual...