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How do animals distinguish between sunlight and moonlight?

A special protein helps bristleworms keep track of the phases of the moon. © steve-goacher/ iStock ...
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Special “wallflowers” ​​in Cologne in our sights

Arabidopsis plants that have made themselves comfortable in cracks in walls in Cologne. © Justine Floret ...
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Caribbean salt water is linked to our climate

Model simulation of surface currents in the Atlantic with representation of the Gulf Stream and the position of the investigated Caribbean sediment core. ...
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Earth & Climate

Light pollution endangers entire ecosystems

Artificial lighting comes at the expense of ecosystems. © Jürgen Vieweg/Pixelio With artificial light, we humans are increasingly turning night into day. In doing so,...
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Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Shadows over North America

On October 14, 2023, many people in North and South America craned their heads up to watch an extraordinary celestial spectacle: an annular solar...
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Earth & Climate

Where is the head located in starfish?

Starfish are apparently “walking heads.” © Laurent Formery Is it the middle, a special arm - or do starfish have no head at all? A...
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Earth & Climate

Traces of the moon-forming impact in the Earth’s mantle

Artist's representation of the collision between the primordial Earth and the celestial body “Theia” as well as the subsequent deposition of impact material inside...
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Earth & Climate

Do roosters recognize themselves in the mirror?

What does this rooster think when he sees himself in the mirror? © Sonja Hillemacher/University of Bonn ...
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Earth & Climate

Why do some animals grow back missing body parts?

Flatworm species, such as those pictured here, vary significantly in their ability to regrow body parts. This could, among other things, have to...
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Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Luminous material made from algae

Most people are probably familiar with the natural spectacle of bioluminescence from stays by the sea, for example in Moskito Bay on the Caribbean...
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Earth & Climate

Female chimpanzees also go through menopause

Marlene, a female chimpanzee from the Ngogo community in Kibale National Park in Uganda in the post-reproductive phase of life. © Kevin Langergraber,...
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Earth & Climate

This is how birds help with reforestation

Fruit-eating birds like this blackbird could be specifically used as winged forest rangers. © Sascha Rösner ...
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Earth & Climate

Has the jet stream changed?

The polar jet stream shapes the weather in our latitudes. © NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio ...
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Earth & Climate

Mouse mummies confirm altitude record

A representative of the leaf-eared mice holds the height record among mammals. © Marcial Quiroga-Carmona Thin air, icy cold and seemingly no food – yet...
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Earth & Climate

Antarctica was once crisscrossed by rivers

The topography of Antarctica beneath its ice sheet has so far only been roughly mapped. In East Antarctica, geologists have now discovered and...
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Earth & Climate

How a bizarre parasite controls its victims

The parasitic horsehair worm causes infected praying mantises to drown themselves in water so that it can complete its development there. © Takuya...
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Earth & Climate

More coral reefs threatened than expected

Coral bleaching can also damage corals in deeper water. © University of Plymouth Coral reefs are hotspots of marine biodiversity, but global warming is causing...
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Earth & Climate

Water is worth 55 trillion euros annually

What is the value of water and intact southern water ecosystems? © Nasared/ iStock Entire sectors of the economy depend on water and functioning freshwater...
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Photo worth seeing: A Caribbean “Margarita Snail”

The tropical islands of the Florida Keys between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico are a remarkable habitat with enormous biodiversity. The...
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Earth & Climate

How plants warn each other of danger

Video: Light effects illustrate how plants react to airborne warning messages from their threatened neighbors using Ca2+ signals. © Masatsugu Toyota/Saitama University A caterpillar attack...
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