nature

The movements of small crustaceans known as brine shrimp - they measure between 3 millimeters and a centimeter and a half long - could influence the circulation of the oceans on a global scale, perhaps as much as the winds and the Moon.

Salamanders are the only known vertebrates capable of regenerating a lost limb, a faculty that they retain even when they have reached maturity.

Researchers from the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) and the Argentine Antarctic Institute have detected the first cases of the feather loss syndrome in Antarctic penguins.

Chimpanzees and humans have the dubious honor of being among the few species whose members organize to carry out coordinated attacks against their fellow men. Since primatologist Jane Goodall revealed in the 1970s that, like us, these hominids were capable of ambushing and massacring members of rival clans, numerous zoologists have speculated about the origin of this behavior.

In the studies and forecasts made on climate change, one parameter is generally not taken into account: the evolution of the affected species.

A team of Dublin zoologists has discovered that some vultures take advantage of the greater natural abilities of other raptors to locate their food sources.

According to a study, the increasing spread of Noctiluca scintillans, a species known as sea spark, a bioluminescent dinoflagellate that feeds on other species of plankton and extracts energy from the sun through microscopic algae that live inside its cells, is due to the increase of sewage flows in the Arabian Sea.

We take advantage of the jump to the big screen of the famous Maya the Bee with 'La Abeja Maya, the movie' to delve into the world of these flower lovers. We spoke with the vice president of the Fundación Amigos de las Abejas, Jesús Manzano, who answered all our questions.