Biology

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...

Mushrooms as leather substitutes

Leather-like material obtained from mushrooms. (Image: Alexander Bismarck) Instead of extracting leather from animal skin or using synthetic fibers, a more environmentally friendly alternative...

Asphalt emits more pollutants than expected

The urban environment is characterized by asphalt. (Image: ablokhin / iStock) Asphalt is almost ubiquitous in our cities. As a study has now...

Pollinator: Ozone spoils the scent of flowers

Tobacco enthusiasts can be attracted by the scent of flowers and float in the air while drinking. (Anna Schroll) Plants show pollinators the way...

Are crabs “stupid”?

A common animal on the coasts of Europe: the beach crab. (Image: Ed Pope) We know them from holidays by the sea: beach crabs...

Harmful fungus threatens columbines in Europe

Columbine plant affected by Peronospora aquilegiicola. (Image: Thomas Brand) Germany's gardens and parks are threatened by an introduced fungus: For the first time, scientists...

Bees estimate probabilities

Honey bee on a flower. (Image: anrivona / iStock) Honey bees collect their food from different types of flowers, each of which contains different...

Amazing plant vampire

A cucumber plant in the stranglehold of the devil's thread. The parasite adapts the time of its flowering (small rounded structures) to that...

Do deciduous trees or conifers cool better?

During hot spells, deciduous trees reduce surface temperatures more intensely than conifers. (Image: Smileus / iStock) As is well known, a walk in the...

Bacteria break down herbicides

Use of pesticides in agriculture (Image: valio8sl / iStock) Bacteria play an important role in the breakdown of toxic pesticides: For the first time, researchers...

“Plastic swallowers” ​​don’t save the seas

How well do floating garbage collectors help against plastic pollution in the oceans? (Image: Roger Spranz, ZMT / Making Oceans Plastic Free) The oceans...

Microbial space travel: explored potential

From 2015 to 2018, the tests were carried out in the exposed facility of the International Space Station. (Image: JAXA / NASA) How resilient...

Which bird is the loudest?

The males of the single-flap kotingas sound their females with record-loud courtship calls. (Image: Anselmo d'Affonseca) From our native singers to the exotic species...

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