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Two thirds of all coral reefs are overfished

Fishing boats in the Spermonde Archipelago of South Sulawesi - many people in the tropics make a living from reef fishing. © Sebastian...

Photo worth seeing: The scent of eternity

The scientists call the smell they reconstructed the “scent of eternity”. Led by Barbara Huber from the Max Plank Institute for Geoanthropology in Jena,...

On the trail of raven intelligence

Bird mind reflected in tests and observations: Austrian behavioral biologists report on research into the cognitive abilities of ravens. Source: University of Vienna

More cancers in younger people

A cancerous tumor in tissue surrounded by blood vessels. © nopparit/ iStock Cancer is usually considered a disease of older people. But even among young...

Threats from alien species are increasing

The lionfish (Pterois miles) migrated from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean via the Red Sea and is now decimating the local fauna there....

Invasive raccoon ‘misdeeds’ uncovered

Where they don't belong, the cute little robbers become eco-vandals. © MediaProduction/iStock Problematic desire for frog legs, "toad caviar" and snake eggs: A study documents...

How the body police find their way

To illustrate the targeted migration of immune cells (blue), their trajectories were traced. © Jonna Alanko/Science Immunology ...

Secret of radioactive wild boars solved

Wild boars wallowing. © Joachim Reddermann / TU Vienna To this day, the meat of wild boar is sometimes so radioactively contaminated that it cannot...

Did our ancestors almost die out?

Study illustration: The core formula of the genetic calculation method combined with a symbolic representation of human beings struggling to survive in the population...

A new monoclonal antibody could make organ transplants easier

A new antibody could help prevent organ transplant rejection. © sturti/ iStock After an organ transplant, the recipient's immune system is suppressed with medication so...

Important tiny things banished to the depths

Representatives of arctic zooplankton, such as copepods, follow the twilight. © Barbara Niehoff The Arctic sea-ice retreat changes the light conditions in the water and...

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