Two water masses meet here in the ozone, but vertical stratifications are much more important. (Image: Jiang Zhu)
The oceans are important actors in...
Desert locust with an indicated polarization pattern of the sunlight. (Image: Keram Pfeiffer)
Desert locusts sometimes migrate several hundred kilometers. As researchers have...
Together with the common chimpanzee, the bonobos represent our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. The truffle-like mushroom can be seen in the...
Great Noctule (Image: Anton Vlaschenko)
Adaptation to climate change: Great noctule bat - one of the largest native bat species - shift their wintering areas...
Researchers have looked into birds' brains. (Photo: Tobias Machts / University of Tübingen)
On the trail of amazing bird intelligence: Two studies now shed...
For the first time, the Y chromosome of Neanderthals and Denisovans could now also be examined. (Image: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology)
New trace of...
The Australian fairy circles as seen from the helicopter. (Image: Stephan Getzin)
Mysterious rings: In Australia's arid landscape, grasses grow naturally in...