Biology

Visit to the Schorfheide

In the Schorfheide-Chorin biosphere reserve, nature conservation, economy and social development are to be linked, and this obviously succeeds. Visiting a region with a...

How mutations made the horses a mount

Wild horses were tamed millennia ago. But what characteristics did they make a mount? © twildlife/ iStock Horses have shaped our history decisively: their domestication...

New hope for the northern Breitmaulnesshorn

Fatu and Najin are the last two northern Breitmaulnashnen. © Jan Zwilling The northern Breitmaulnesshorn has already died out in the wild - only two...

Wonderful time

Tom Crowther is one of the most advanced forest researchers in the world. It combines new technologies such as AI with classic scientific techniques...

From the forester to the forest manager

Foresters have a variety of tasks today - from traditional forest hits to dealing with increasing climate consequences to forest pedagogy. Text: Ralf...

Animal toy places

Admittedly, they are not beautiful: backlets with deep, porn -passed fairways, dead wooden trunks or animal carcasses. However, they play an important role in...

How much is the forest worth?

Not only ecologically, the forest is of enormous importance, entire industries live from wood - and the desires grow. But the resource weakened by...

Alarm in the forest

They are often only a few millimeters in size, but the destructive power of some insects in the forest is immense. Every spring a...

From giving and taking

A forest does not do without animals. The constant work of its inhabitants shapes the structure and ensures its continued existence. And the large...

Forest in fast run

Forest has a long story. The concept of large plants extends back to a time when people, deer and squirrels, not even from beech...

Floating beauties

We primarily combine deer, deer or wild boars with forest animals. But if you look closely at clearings, you can discover them: magical butterflies...

Dangerous mushrooms

There were also harmful mushrooms before. But now climate change and globalization favor extremely aggressive species against which the trees can hardly defend themselves....

UN plastic agreements: what did it fail?

Plastic waste is causing enormous damage in the world's oceans and beyond. © Tolgart/ iStock Plastic waste is one of the biggest environmental problems of...

Heat waves particularly add to tropical birds

Tukane live in the tropical and subtropical forests of Central and South America. © Agustavop/iStock Due to climate change, extreme weather events such as heat...

Do the tropics threaten devastating droughts?

In parts of the Amazon rainforest, the rain could in future decrease by almost half. © Piyaset/ iStock The tropical regions around the globe are...

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