Earth & Climate

Climate change is making bats bigger

A Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii) hangs in its roost. © Christian Giese Climate change is affecting animals worldwide. For example, warmer temperatures ensure that young...

Value of the earthworm quantified

Everyone's favorite bottom dweller in the sights. © Steven Fonte They are famous for their usefulness in the garden and in the field. But how...

Is the LNG terminal off Rügen needed?

LNG tanker on the coast of Norway. © Gert-Jan van Vliet/ iStock For months, demonstrators on Rügen have been fighting against a planned LNG terminal...

Photo worth seeing: Be careful, car!

This fluffy koala had better get off the road quickly, otherwise he might end up paying with his life - like many others before...

Insect diversity on the median strip

Even in “extreme areas” something can apparently be done for biodiversity in the city. © Museum of Natural History Leibniz Institute for Evolution...

Hostile to life in 250 million years?

In the distant future, Earth's land masses could merge into a supercontinent characterized by ultra-hot deserts. © University of Bristol ...

Historic high seas treaty signed

The new UN High Seas Treaty is intended to help protect the open sea away from national economic zones. © iBrave/ iStock ...

Even jellyfish can learn, a study shows

Box jellyfish are apparently capable of so-called associative learning. © Jan Bielecki A study shows that although box jellyfish only have a simple nervous system,...

Koalas in danger, 40% currently threatened by bushfires

A koala in a protected area in South Australia. © John Llewelyn/Flinders University. Around 40 percent of the koala area is currently threatened by bushfires,...

Fish fossil provides information about skull evolution

Fossil of the prehistoric fish Eriptychius americanus and reconstruction of its skull. © Field Museum of Natural History/Richard Dearden and Ivan Samson ...

The melting polar ice caps in sight

The research icebreaker Polarstern takes scientists to the icy areas of the world. © Tenedos/iStock A worried look at the – still – white worlds...

“Germany is looking for hedgehogs and moles” started

Germany is looking for hedgehogs and moles © Forschungsverbund Berlin / Janosch) Although hedgehogs and moles are iconic animal species, surprisingly little is known about...

Photo worth seeing: two new potential polar ring galaxies

The Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), a sophisticated radio telescope, is located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in the Australian state of Western...

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...

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