Biology

City bumblebees are bigger

Bumblebee on a flower. (Image: Wilhelm Osterman / MLU) Bumblebees seem to benefit from urban life: the insects are larger in urban regions and...

Baby talk in bats

Sac-winged bats have a rich repertoire of social vocalizations. (Image: Clinton Harris / istock) With us, language development benefits from the typical motherly singsong....

The shell of an animal “thug” unraveled

Mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus (Image: slowmotiongli / iStock) The Mantis Shrimp has one of the fastest and hardest blows in the animal kingdom. His...

This is the best way for tropical forests to recover

Seeds from tree species are collected and raised in pristine forests in order to obtain planting material for restoration measures. (Image: Michael O'Brien...

Blue algae blooms in the Baltic Sea: heat more important than nutrients

Nodularia spumigena is the most common cyanobacteria species in the central Baltic Sea. (Image: Susanne Busch / IOW) Again and again there is mass...

Focus on rainforest fires

They are destroying precious rainforest: what about the fires in the Amazon region? A video from the Max Planck Society deals with this...

Discovered the scent of enthusiasm

Swarms of locusts can devour entire areas of land. (Image: ruvanboshoff / iStock) When it comes to this odorous substance, locusts literally go into...

Intensive land use affects pollination

The Battus philenor butterfly is one of the most important pollinator insects for plants. (Image: Amibeth Thompson) Intensive land use by humans affects the...

Freshwater crabs in the hottest place on earth

The new type of cancer Phallocryptus fahimii (Image: M. Pallmann / SMNS) Life can be found even in the most extreme places on earth -...

The Nutrias are spreading

Nutrias also feel good in an urban environment. They differ from beavers mainly in the absence of the flattened oar tail. (Image:...

Hell ant attack in amber

Researchers have discovered a hell ant in an amber that snatched a prey about 99 million years ago. (Image: NJIT, Chinese Academy of...

Enjoying ice cream at the expense of tropical forests

Most industrially produced ice cream contains non-certified coconut fat. (Image: Christina Vartanova / iStock) What makes the popular summer delicacy so creamy mostly comes from...

Escape through the gut

The water beetle Regimbartia attenuate, the frog Pelophylax nigromaculatus and the exit of the beetle from the friend. (Image: Kobe University) Usually being eaten...

Successful fight against calico cancer

Calico cancer with scissors raised. (Image: Karsten Grabow / Karlsruhe University of Education) An example of hope: On the Upper Rhine, biologists have succeeded...

Sexual parasitism with medical relevance

A female deep-sea angler fish has grown together on the belly with a tiny male. (Image: Edith A. Widder) Their reproductive system is as...

Climate change and agriculture burden soil animals – but in a different way

Springtails like this are important helpers in the decomposition of organic materials. (Photo: Henrik_L / iStock) Climate change and intensive agriculture not only affect...

Mini oases under transparent stones

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...

Foxes: culture followers 40,000 years ago

The red fox is wild, but opportunistic. (Image: Andrew_Howe / iStock) The red fox is a wild animal - actually. Nevertheless, the presence...

Future vision “Planet garbage”

Plastic waste: The ugly signature of human civilization can be admired in many places (Image: Larina Marina / iStock) Trashed to the end of the...

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