Seagrass is among the most important marine plants, as it harbors whole ecosystems and also stores carbon dioxide. Areas in which these underwater meadows grow have declined drastically, US scientists started a reforestation campaign, to give endangered species a new habitat and to fight climate crisis.
Category Archives: Animals
Broad beans support bumblebee population
Bumblebees benefit from broad bean plants. By planting these crops, the declining bumblebee population can be increased again.
Eyesight generated in the petri-dish
Scientists restore light perception of blind mice by transplanting light sensing cells, which they made from skin.
Winners of climate crisis!?
While polar bears and seals continuously struggle to survive with reduced extents of sea ice in the Arctic, penguins in the Antarctic have higher hunting and breeding success, when there is less ice.
Mouse mother’s diet influences adult offspring’s weight
A dietary study on pregnant mice shows how fiber consumption influences the metabolic development of their offspring, thus determining their health and weight as adults. These findings could apply to humans as well.
Fish change rapidly through cave life
Fish living in dark caves have rapidly adapted to their environment during evolution. New research shows that some of those changes occur within two years, without mutations to the DNA.
Salamander wears coat of toxic bacteria
The poisonous rough-skinned newt Taricha granulosa, which can kill an adult human, turns out not to be poisonous itself. The poison is made by its little helpers.
Shedding light on butterflies
Butterflies come in all shapes and colors. Mother Nature has tricks to color those butterflies as well as the rest of the world.
