Earth & Climate

Pinniped lizards quickly became long-necked

In a relatively short period of time, the early representatives of the pinniped lizards developed a long neck with many vertebrae. © Qi-Ling...

New insights for lion protection

Lioness with cub in the Masai Mara in Kenya. © MaggyMeyer/ iStock Lions are one of Africa's most iconic species, but that doesn't protect them...

How plant “smell” causes cloud formation

Trees release volatile substances that can form condensation nuclei for cloud formation. © ae-photos/iStock On the trail of the “seeds” of clouds: Researchers have gained...

Lots of potential for conservation gardening

This garden is decorated with native wild plants. © Christian Wirth A study shows that there are alternatives with ecological added value for petunia, begonias,...

German Environmental Prize 2023 awarded

The timber construction pioneer Dagmar Fritz-Kramer (left) and the climate researcher Friederike Otto will receive the DBU German Environmental Prize in 2023. ©...

Photo worth seeing: A chessboard made of quantum dots

In today's computer technologies, several billion transistors are controlled by a few thousand electrical paths. This is not yet possible in the field of...

Dreaded “aliens” landed in Europe

Europeans can now also have painful experiences with the rabid fire ants. © Jesse Rorabaugh Fortress Europe has fallen: One of the world's worst invasive...

Two thirds of all coral reefs are overfished

Fishing boats in the Spermonde Archipelago of South Sulawesi - many people in the tropics make a living from reef fishing. © Sebastian...

Photo worth seeing: The scent of eternity

The scientists call the smell they reconstructed the “scent of eternity”. Led by Barbara Huber from the Max Plank Institute for Geoanthropology in Jena,...

On the trail of raven intelligence

Bird mind reflected in tests and observations: Austrian behavioral biologists report on research into the cognitive abilities of ravens. Source: University of Vienna

Threats from alien species are increasing

The lionfish (Pterois miles) migrated from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean via the Red Sea and is now decimating the local fauna there....

Invasive raccoon ‘misdeeds’ uncovered

Where they don't belong, the cute little robbers become eco-vandals. © MediaProduction/iStock Problematic desire for frog legs, "toad caviar" and snake eggs: A study documents...

Secret of radioactive wild boars solved

Wild boars wallowing. © Joachim Reddermann / TU Vienna To this day, the meat of wild boar is sometimes so radioactively contaminated that it cannot...

Did our ancestors almost die out?

Study illustration: The core formula of the genetic calculation method combined with a symbolic representation of human beings struggling to survive in the population...

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