From their single-celled origins, through the Cambrian explosion and right up to emergence of recognisable fauna and flora, the organisms that populate our world have continually pushed their limits - adapting and developing organs, limbs and...
Als Bestiarien werden Textsammlungen des Mittelalters bezeichnet, in denen verschiedene Tierarten in ihren Eigenschaften beschrieben werden. Aus der Sicht mittelalterlich-christlicher Naturdeutung ist zoologische Verhaltensforschung immer auch...
At first, dinosaurs seem like the product of a wild imagination – how could such weird and wonderful creatures ever have existed on our Earth? Before the extinction event that changed their world forever, dinosaurs and their reptilian relatives of...
Dogs have been “man’s best friend” for tens of thousands of years. But despite their valuable role in our lives, dogs today find themselves in a state of crisis throughout the Western world. A century ago most dogs worked for their living, and...