Tag: biology
Hyenas: like mother like daughter – knowledge
Hardly anything sticks to you as tightly as your parents’ habits. Least of all is the resolution to do everything differently later than the generation before you. Years later, the…
Dogs: only take, never give – knowledge
It has long been known that dogs are the most privileged form of life on this planet. Sooner or later, proximity to people almost always costs cattle, pigs and chickens…
Biotechnology: clone in sheep’s clothing
Dolly was born 25 years ago, a taboo for many critics. Today it is clear that the fears were exaggerated, but so were the hopes. . Source link
Behavioral Biology: Consoling only out of self-interest
Until now, researchers have considered jackdaws to be sensitive birds. Now, an experiment shows: the males in particular hardly make any effort to calm their partners down. . Source link
Australia’s Toxic Fight Against Cats – Knowledge
To protect Australia’s wildlife, ecologists are poisoning foxes, feral cats and other introduced species. But the toxin used kills slowly and painfully. Why is this allowed? Australia is famous for…
A fish that lives a hundred years – knowledge
Coelacids were long thought to be extinct. Because fossils were found but never living specimens, zoologists were convinced that the animals, up to two meters long, did not survive the…
Bird extinction: Red List is getting longer – Knowledge
Then he’ll be gone, the turnstone. Probably forever. The pretty beach bird no longer exists in Germany. The sucker falcon is also history: in the new Red List of breeding…
Painted ladies migrate from West Africa to Germany – knowledge
Sometimes millions of painted ladies swarm to Western Europe and Germany in the spring. An international team of researchers reports that the cause of these spectacular mass infiltrations is the…
Night shift in the forest – knowledge
Actually, the thing is clear: Photosynthesis needs light to work – so one should assume that trees grow and form new cells when the sun shines. But that’s not at…
Environment: How plants move in the stomach of migratory birds – Knowledge
On their way to their summer or winter quarters, migratory birds fortify themselves with fruits; The seeds remain in their stomachs during the flight, which the animals transport over long…