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“Predatory algae” mastered the darkness

Electron micrographs of single-celled algae fossils. Flagella once came out of the holes, which among other things were used to hunt bacteria (red)....

How does the biggest heart in the world beat?

The researchers measured the heartbeat of this blue whale in Monterey Bay. (Image: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab) Blue whales are the...

Dog diversity as early as the Paleolithic

Skull of an approximately 11,000 year old dog. (Image: EE Antipina) Researchers present new insights into the age-old common history of dogs and humans:...

Which hydropower plants are particularly dangerous for fish?

The risk to fish varies depending on the hydropower plant. (Image: Angelina Tittmann) Not every hydropower plant is equally dangerous for fish, as a...

Like octopuses with the tentacles taste

An octopus examines a cup. (Image: Lena van Giesen) With the sensory cells in their suction cups, octopuses can perceive not only mechanical, but...

Optimized over millions of years

Rhamphorhynchus - one of the 75 species of pterosaurs examined by the researchers. (Artist impression: Mark Witton) "Aviation" further development over 150 million years:...

Egyptian ink with “dry” secret

Writing on a papyrus from the Tebtunis Temple Library. (Image: Papyrus Carlsberg Collection) Surprising ingredient discovered: lead apparently already ensured that writing in some...

Awarded to pioneers of black hole exploration

Black holes are still puzzling. (Image: brightstars / iStock Black holes are still one of the most puzzling phenomena in the cosmos. But...

Featured picture: Hunger Wasp in Amber

Amber opens up unique insights into the past: the plants, animals and other organisms enclosed in the fossil tree sap remain almost unchanged over...

Large fish form carbon stores

Large fish obviously have a special meaning in the marine cycle of matter. (Image: Enric Sala) If a fish dies in the ocean, the...

Social distancing among “vampires”

Passive social distancing apparently inhibits the spread of disease in vampire bats. (Image: Sherri and Brock Fenton / Behavioral Ecology) In the corona pandemic,...

How generous are corvids?

Ravens are considered to be rather selfish. (Photo: Lisa Horn) Donated corvids: The social life of birds in the Corvidae family determines their generosity,...

Additional global warming from ice melting

Icebergs off Greenland (Image: Imagebear / iStock) Man-made climate change endangers the ice masses in the polar and mountain regions of the world. When...

Dead Baltic porpoises after a mine was blown

When mine blasts, harbor porpoises are exposed to a high risk of injury from sound and pressure waves. (Image: BrendanHunter) Acoustic trauma with fatal...

The Maya already used water filters

View of the center of Tikal. (Image: Leonid Andronov / iStock) The Maya could have used an amazingly modern technology of water filtering more...

German environmental award

Award winners 2020: Martin Sorg, Annika and Hugo Sebastian Trappmann and Ottmar Edenhofer (front row) (Image: Peter Himsel / DBU) The German Environmental Prize was...

School research with fish robots

Technical replicas of fish make it clear how they save energy by swimming in a school. (Image: Dr. Liang Li, Max Planck Institute...

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