Imagine you spend your whole career chasing after something you cannot see, but only listen to its “typical sound”, and it is a matter of national security or maybe even […]
The Fart Talk That Almost Provoked a War (That Biology Prevented) Read More »
Around the year 2006 my friends were receiving Molly fish as gifts from me for almost any occasion. My sister and I had an uncontrollable Amazon Molly in our fish
“Biology is biology”: and it is queer! Read More »
There is cinnamon in my tea, on all the cookies and cakes we’ve been eating all these weeks, and we’re adding it in our Christmas roast and rotkraut. As a
Seasoned Greetings: Cinnamon Science Read More »
From your toothpaste, to the classroom, to road construction, chalk is a material we use more than we realize. These white hills are all chalk. But where does it come
Chalk from Cretaceous fossils Read More »
For some weeks now, on social media, we have been talking about one of the beautiful cloud forests of Guatemala and one of the Private Natural Reserves (PNR) that for
Cloud forest: what does it really mean? Read More »
You probably heard of stick insects before, maybe you’ve even seen them. The most common stick insects I knew growing up looked just like, well, sticks. It wasn’t until about
The surprisingly interesting life of a stick insect Read More »
Birds migrate. Mammals have their winter hair, store fat, & some hibernate. Female Homo sapiens stop shaving their legs. But some animals have no hair, no migration option nor fat
How Frogs Cope with Winter Read More »
In the Neotropics, (micro)bats are a very diverse group & play many different important roles in our lives. Unlike the popular misconception that bats are blood-loving evil creatures, they’re just mammals
Halloween myths that harm biodiversity: Bats Read More »
Having lived my entire life in Guatemala (except for the last 3y), you can imagine there was not a lot of Autumn craze in my life. I mean, unfortunately, we
Autumn Craze: the biochemistry behind the Autumn colors Read More »
