Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Every bee species counts!

The wild bee Agapostemon virescens sits well camouflaged on this Echinacea blossom. The importance of these and other rare bee species for pollination...

Possible traces of life in ancient rock

Rocks of the Nuvvuagittuq Formation colored red by iron oxide. © Dominic Papineau In northern Canada, rock formations from the early days of our...

Scientist takes the same walk 40 years in a row and makes a shocking discovery

In 40 years, the Utrecht ecologist completed the three-kilometre walking route 254 times and each time he counted the hoverflies he encountered during...

Scientists describe the 50,000th(!) spider species

But their work is not over yet: at least 50,000 spider species are expected to be discovered. A special moment last week: the World...

More than 5,500 RNA viruses discovered in ocean water

Thanks to this find, the number of known tribes has doubled. Researchers have discovered thousands of previously unknown RNA viruses thanks to an analysis...

Small fish create a big stir

Schools of anchovy can cause surprisingly strong turbulence. © Kalichka/iStock Underestimated effect of cumulative muscle power: According to a study, fish apparently contribute more...

Strong against bloodsuckers by breeding

The varroa mite weakens bee colonies by draining bodily fluids from adults and larvae. © ARS-USDA Hope for the plagued beneficial insects: the resistance...

Photo worth seeing: morning star of the cosmos

© NASA/ESA/Brian Welch (JHU)/Dan Coe (STScI)/Alyssa Pagan (STScI) This point of light marked with an arrow is a real sensation. Because it comes from...

Does a bigger brain reduce your risk of extinction?

Species with larger brain sizes were more likely to survive the past 100,000 years, a team of Israeli and Italian researchers claims. ...

Global gradient in the blaze of colors

Researchers confirm the previous assumption that birds are, on average, most colorful at the equator and that the degree of colorfulness decreases with increasing...

Do animals not only have emotions, but also feelings?

Many biologists and psychologists shy away from attributing feelings to animals. Wrongly, say three scientists in an opinion piece. In everyday speech we...

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