Tag: biology
Birds also track truffles – knowledge
Mushrooms with aboveground fruit bodies such as mushrooms or boviste can simply release their spores into the air. In contrast, other mushrooms such as truffles form underground tubers and rely…
How dogs recognize words in human speech. – Knowledge
Many dog owners believe that their pet understands every word they say. Whether that is true remains to be seen. However, it has now been scientifically proven that dogs actually…
Extinction of the mammoth: man is innocent – knowledge
The dodo was found food for humans. The bird was fat, unable to fly and therefore easy prey. The dodos were grilled on a spit in so many numbers that…
Munich: Biologist and conservationist Josef H. Reichholf – Munich
from Thomas approach The Inn is now his Amazon. He has become it again. Because before Josef H. Reichholf left the Lower Bavarian farming village of Aigen near Bad Füssing…
Why do women freeze more easily than men? – Knowledge
With the cold season of the year, the battle for the right heating setting begins in many living rooms: Would you rather turn it up a bit to make it…
Walrus in the Wadden Sea needs rest – knowledge
A young walrus has been exploring the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea for a week and has been resting again and again on the East Frisian Islands. Anyone who sees the…
Galapagos Islands: On floating islands across the Pacific
The Galapagos Islands are almost thousands of kilometers away from the coast of Ecuador – and yet giant tortoises, geckos and the like have made it there. The question is:…
Climate change: How biologists want to save the beech from the climate crisis – knowledge
If you were looking for the oldest beech in Germany, you would almost certainly pass it by. If you think of the Methuselah tree as meter-wide trunks and gigantic branches,…
Forest dieback: How biologists want to save the beech from the climate crisis – knowledge
If you were looking for the oldest beech in Germany, you would almost certainly pass it by. If you think of the Methuselah tree as meter-wide trunks and gigantic branches,…
Behavioral Biology: How Baby Birds Learn the Singing of Their Kinds – Knowledge
Children often notice more than adults think they can. Hardly any information that is shared in the presence of the little ones and that is relevant to them escapes their…