Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and Kiel University (CAU) led by Professor Sebastian Fraune use the example of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis to investigate the ...

Life has evolved over billions of years, adapting to the changing environment. Similarly, enzymes—proteins that speed up biochemical reactions (catalysis) in cells—have adapted to the habitats of ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

The film discusses the unique ecosystem of caves, highlighting the adaptations of organisms that thrive in darkness. It emphasizes the constant conditions found in caves, such as temperature and ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists at Trinity College Dublin have identified a "universal thermal performance curve" ...

As the scientific distinction between climate and weather suggests, knowledge about climate is supposed to be beyond indigenous peoples' everyday experience of the environment in that it requires a ...

The light of someone's life might not be just another person, but light in the literal sense. According to a recent study by researchers from University of Calgary, every living system emits light ...