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Pollination: Fewer moths, more flies

Moths such as the reed owl (Plusia festucae) are rarer. © UFZ/ Wirestock_AdobeStock if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 =...

Gene scissors combined with grafting methods

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Photo worth seeing: Small droplets, big effect

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Marine Bacteria: The rare ones are important

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Mushrooms as heavy metal scavengers

Radionuclide uptake and transport by fungal mycelium in soil. © HZDR/Sahneweiß/shutterstock.com, ER_09, nednapa if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 =...

Photo worth seeing: Heavenly Mountains

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Man and nature become alienated

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Photo worth seeing: Metallic snowflakes

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News about the German “shrink dinosaur”

With a length of only about six meters, Europasaurus was tiny compared to its gigantic relatives 154 million years ago. Illustration: © Davide...

H₂O: Targeting the amazing stuff

"Special" forms of water and the sometimes astonishing behavior of liquids are currently the focus of research. © Istock/anusorn nakdee ...

How new species arise

The two closely related species of Amazon songbird Lepidothrix iris and Lepidothrix natererei. © Maya Faccio. / Weir Lab University of Toronto ...

Upright gait: Questionable origin assumption

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Photo worth seeing: What fruit flies reveal about our aging

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Enhance inland waters!

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Pedigree for the simplest multicellular animals

The plate animal Trichoplax adhearens. © University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Institute for Animal Ecology if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var...

How biodiversity can still be saved

How can biodiversity be protected? © Romolo Tavani/ iStock if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 = document.getElementById("iqadtile1-wrapper"); var divAdtile3 = document.getElementById("iqadtile3-wrapper"); //var...

Ankylosaurs: Clubs for rival combat

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Photo worth seeing: A fish out of water

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