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The Nutrias are spreading

Nutrias also feel good in an urban environment. They differ from beavers mainly in the absence of the flattened oar tail. (Image:...

Lightning and ammonia hail on Jupiter

Illustration of high lightning bolts on Jupiter. (Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Heidi N. Becker /...

Giraffe-necked dinosaur: fossil mystery solved

Since 1852 paleontologists have speculated about the way of life of this 242 million year old dinosaur. (Image: Beat Scheffold, PIMUZ, UZH) The neck...

Sperm: This is how they really swim

Tiny messengers on behalf of life: constant movements of the tail drive sperm forward in their search for the egg - it was previously...

Hell ant attack in amber

Researchers have discovered a hell ant in an amber that snatched a prey about 99 million years ago. (Image: NJIT, Chinese Academy of...

Medieval mine tunnel discovered

Scientists in the newly discovered Johannes tunnel. (Image: Eike Bruns / LBEG) In the Upper Harz mining area, while renovating an old shaft, workers...

Zoonoses: Danger animal specified

Viruses that are potentially dangerous for us humans occur more frequently in animals in our environment. (Image: Thomas Faull / iStock) Whether Covid-19, influenza...

Humans and dogs process language similarly

Researchers study dogs' brain responses to language using functional magnetic resonance imaging. (Image: Eniko Kubinyi / Eötvös Loránd University) "Seat! You did that...

Primeval mammals ate dinosaur carrion

Paleontologists at the site of the dinosaur bone with the bite marks. (Image: Andreas Matzke) When the dinosaurs dominated the earth, most of our...

Enjoying ice cream at the expense of tropical forests

Most industrially produced ice cream contains non-certified coconut fat. (Image: Christina Vartanova / iStock) What makes the popular summer delicacy so creamy mostly comes from...

Hyksos: powerful migrants instead of conquerors?

Seal amulet with the name of the Hyksos ruler Apophis. (Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)) They ruled ancient Egypt for about a...

Animal earthquake forecast

Animals actually have some sort of sixth sense for the signs of tremors. Your sensitivity could even lead to the development of an...

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