Earth & Climate

Oldest skin fossil resembles today’s crocodile skin

An extraordinary discovery of fossilized skin provides new information about the appearance of early land vertebrates around 289 million years ago. The fossil discovered...

Gigantopithecus: Why the giant ape became extinct

Artist's impression of a Gigantopithecus group in a forested landscape in what is now southern China. © Garcia/Joannes-Boyau (Southern Cross University) ...

Species protection: Review of Light & Shadow 2023

The WWF counts lions among the losers, because in 2023 it became clear that their populations were continuing to decline despite conservation efforts. ...

Even the earliest primates lived in pairs

Contrary to what was thought, many lemurs do not live solitary lives, but in pairs of females and males.© Goddard_Photography/istock.com What family constellations did our...

Earliest direct evidence of photosynthesis discovered

The photosynthetic apparatus of plant cells is located in the membrane stacks of the chloroplasts. Although cyanobacteria do not have chloroplasts, most of...

From egg laying to live birth

The Littorina snails living on the sea coasts have developed different ecotypes that differ in the appearance of their snail shells and in their...

Photo worth seeing: Light-dependent color change

Dragonflies are found almost everywhere in the world in a variety of colors, sizes and shapes. Depending on the region, the predatory insects differ...

Strategic Safeguards: Exploring Military Defense Tools

Discover pivotal insights into military defense tools, their evolution, and their strategic significance in safeguarding nations' security. Read now! In today's world, protecting a country's...

Antarctic ice loss reflected in octopus DNA

Various subpopulations of an octopus species (right, © Dave Barnes, BAS) occur in the coastal waters around Antarctica (left, © Rainer Lesniewski/iStock). ...

Why dogs have darker eyes than wolves

Dogs have significantly darker and redder eyes than wolves. © lutavia / iStock Compared to its ancestor, the wolf, its domesticated descendants, the dogs, have...

Blue-black carpenter bee is “Wild Bee of the Year” 2024

A female blue-black carpenter bee visiting flowers. © Jürgen Busse At first glance, the blue-black carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) has little in common with the...

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