Sac-winged bats have a rich repertoire of social vocalizations. (Image: Clinton Harris / istock)
With us, language development benefits from the typical motherly singsong....
Model of four spike proteins from Sars-CoV-2. Sugar deposits are marked in green. (Image: MPI for Biophysics)
The prickly proteins protruding from its...
Mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus (Image: slowmotiongli / iStock)
The Mantis Shrimp has one of the fastest and hardest blows in the animal kingdom. His...
Millet Panicum miliaceum (Image: Wiebke Kirleis / UFG Kiel)
Around 3500 years ago, the early cultures of Europe underwent a profound change: semi-nomads who immigrated...
Seeds from tree species are collected and raised in pristine forests in order to obtain planting material for restoration measures. (Image: Michael O'Brien...
With the compound interest effect, the invested capital grows faster because there is also interest on the interest. (Image: Pixabay.com, RoboAdvisor (CC0 Public...
Around 200,000 years ago, people apparently camped on grass in the Border Cave in South Africa's Lebombo Mountains. (Image: A. Kruger)
Even more than...
Analysis of old DNA samples in the laboratory. (Image: UZH)
According to popular belief, the sailors around Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe. ...
Illustration of the phoenix star stream (Image: Geraint F. Lewis / S5 Collaboration)
The fringes of the Milky Way also include numerous globular clusters -...
Apparently humans were not responsible for the extinction of the horned steppe dweller. (Image: Fedor Shidlovskiy)
For millennia they trudged through the icy landscapes...
Swarms of locusts can devour entire areas of land. (Image: ruvanboshoff / iStock)
When it comes to this odorous substance, locusts literally go into...
Walther von der Vogelweide (left) and Wolfram von Eschenbach (right) were both born around 1170. (Image: Excerpts from the Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Codex Manesse),...
The Battus philenor butterfly is one of the most important pollinator insects for plants. (Image: Amibeth Thompson)
Intensive land use by humans affects the...