Ecology (B&M)

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Florencia Campetella, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, on Maria Sibylla Merian - 17th century entomologist, artist, naturalist and proto-ecologist more

Burying beetles rely on their gut symbionts in order to transform decaying carcasses into nutritious nurseries for their young more

Around 40 percent of all species on Earth are parasitic – apparently a highly successful way of life. Even a fish such as the three-spined stickleback is plagued by up to 25 different parasites. more

In plants of the Australian genus Banksia, special waxes seal fissures in the fruit wall more