Biology

Arctic: From the CO₂ sink to the source

More and more Arctic areas are moving from carbon sinks (blue) to sources (red). © Greg Fiske / Woodwell Climate Research Center ...

Eel larvae “surf” on the perfect wave

The transparent larvae of European eels take advantage of currents on their long migration. © Thünen Institute/Marko Freese ...

How much methane was released by the Nord Stream leaks

The blowing up of the Nord Stream pipelines in autumn 2022 released large amounts of natural gas. But how much exactly? © Guteksk7/ iStock ...

Ants can be resentful

Black garden ants (Lasius niger) remember past encounters with alien antics from their nests. © claffra/ iStock ...

Rendzina is soil of the year 2025

The Rendzina is created, among other things, on chalk limestone - like here on Rügen. © Karl-Heinz Feger / DBG German Soil Science Society ...

First census in the largest bonobo stronghold

Bonobos mostly stay in trees and build nests in them to sleep. © Christian Ziegler/Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Biology ...

Ancient worm from the Precambrian found

Uncus fossil from Nilpena Ediacara National Park. The numbers correspond to the coordinates of that fossil on the surface of the fossil bed. Right:...

Mystery about the smell of carrion from the titan root solved

A heat map of the corpse flower shows that the titan arum's central, towering flower stalk warms to about eleven degrees Celsius above ambient...

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