Some termites of the Neocapritermes taracua species have blue spots on their back that contain explosive crystals. These individuals are usually the oldest in the colony and act on suicide missions to protect their companions, according to a study published in Science.
In the Cerro de Batallones (Madrid) sites, the remains of a vertebrate have been found that, according to scientists, is a direct ancestor of the current red panda, a threatened species that lives in Asian forests. The bones found at the site are of special importance as they will allow scientists to complete the family tree of the red panda.
Having sex can be very dangerous if you are a harmless fly and predators stalk you. A study carried out by scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Ornithology (Germany) reveals that bats are able to locate flies by the noise of their wings when they mate, and take advantage of this intimate moment of carelessness to catch their prey red-handed.
Mosses use chemical signals to attract small animals that help them spread male gametes, according to a study published in Nature. In the same way that many insects are attracted by the smell of flowers, and after their visit they take the pollen from them, helping them without knowing it in pollination, it seems that mosses also look for life to get springtails, some tiny arthropods, visit them.
Love enters through the stomach, or so it happens to females of Corynopoma riisei, a tropical freshwater fish, as confirmed by an article published in the journal Current Biology. When a male wants to mate, an ornament hangs from his body so that it is visible to the female he wants to conquer.
Rhizostoma luteum is the name of a species of jellyfish so rare that scientists even doubted its existence, since, since its discovery in 1827, it had been cited less than six times in the literature. However, so far this summer, the Jellyfish Alert Network of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) has registered more than 50 sightings of the elusive animal.
After more than a decade trying to mate to perpetuate the species, the last male of the Chelonoidis Abingdoni species, a type of giant tortoise that lived in the Galapagos Islands, has just died. It is estimated that this animal was over 100 years old.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
