Earth & Climate

Mosquitoes are not only attracted to your smell, but also to your color

Research reveals that after they smell you, mosquitoes go for specific colors, including red and orange. How does a mosquito locate you in...

Released lynx have low genetic diversity

A lynx in the Alps. (Image: Christine Breitenmoser/ KORA) Because they were hunted excessively, lynx were now extinct in Central Europe. Although there...

Dumb as a fish

The squirrel fish are examples of "talkative" inhabitants of the underwater world. (Image: JEFFREY T WILLIAMS) They hum, squeak, drum...: A study shows that...

The highest glacier on Mount Everest is also no match for climate change

The glacier has been thinning rapidly, especially since the 1990s, according to several record-breaking measurements. It is now clear that climate change has a...

Climate change is making coral reef refuges disappear

Coral bleaching off Japan. © Berger Lab Climate change is threatening coral reefs even more than previously thought. A study shows that even...

Record-breaking lightning bolt lasted no less than 17 seconds

A second lightning bolt that will go down in the books is one that traveled a horizontal distance of 768 kilometers – roughly...

World’s smallest land snail discovered

The smallest known land snail: Angustopila psammion. ©Senckenberg Their shell is less than half a millimeter in size and the entire animal is smaller...

There are still at least 9,200 tree species on earth to discover

The actual number of tree species on our planet is estimated to be 14 percent higher than previously thought. You would think that by...

Photo worth seeing: Robotic surgery without assistance

(Image: Johns Hopkins University) This surgical robot has performed a minimally invasive procedure without human assistance for the first time. He was able to...

The Earth turns out to be home to more ice than thought

Glaciers turn out to be quite 'spongy'. And that means that the famous Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have higher densities. Glacier ice...

Fish turn out to be huge ‘talkers’

You thought some people were talking to you? Fish can enjoy it too. There is quite a bit of chatter under the waves....

Frog regenerates completely new leg thanks to promising cocktail of medicines

Frogs – unlike for example salamanders – are normally incapable of regenerating limbs. And that makes this a cautious breakthrough. Some animals possess...

Photo worth seeing: A mandala of bacteria

This pattern of concentric rings was 'painted' by a biofilm of bacteria as it developed. Behind the division into different sections is a...

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