Kombrink, Kaiser and their colleagues have identified a molecule that interferes with the effect of jasmonic acid. This plant hormone influences flower formation, root growth, defence against ...

A behavioral experiment shows that a completely uncooperative behavioral strategy undermines climate protection efforts even ...

Fourteen newly founded start-ups of the Max Planck Society got off the ground in 2025. We present seven of them in detail.

Vocal coordination in duels: Male nightingales rapidly adjust both the pitch and note length of their whistle songs during ...

In house mice, the pay-off of mating with multiple males depends especially on the quality of food available to mothers ...

Prima facie, the numbers are clear: Mothers and fathers generally live longer than the childless. The effect is particularly pronounced for adoptive parents: Adopting a child adds three years to the ...

If an event is more likely to occur at a certain point in time, the brain tracks the time until it occurs more precisely ...

Scientists identify new species of denitrifying endosymbionts in wastewater, highlighting their global prevalence – with an ...

First study of wild animals shows mercury and certain PFAS compounds alter how birds convert food into cellular energy, ...

Everybody’s been there: You’re sitting at your desk, staring out the window, your thoughts wandering. Instead of getting on with what you’re supposed to be doing, you start mentally planning your next ...

The ability of some animals to dynamically change color to match the brightness of their surroundings is one of nature's great survival tools, allowing flatfish to blend into sandy seabeds, frogs to ...

The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) combines the light from four individual telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT), utilizing either the 8-meter Unit Telescopes or the smaller ...