Universität Greifswald

Drawing on empirical evidence and evolutionary theory, we argue that biological sex is most coherently defined as a binary classification of reproductive strategies rooted in anisogamy (the productio....

Universität Greifswald

Universität Greifswald

Tens of thousands of unknown, sometimes toxic, chemicals are floating in the Rhine. Why is industry allowed to discharge them unhindered? A top manager of a major corporation reveals how industry cont...

Science is characterized by collaboration and cooperation, but also by uncertainty, competition, and inequality. While there has always been some c...

Forever chemicals are poisoning Europe’s water, food, and even our blood. Chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections - but people across Europe are pushing back. Sign now to ban PFAS and put h...

Arthropod neurobiology has been studied overwhelmingly in insects, leaving the molecular basis of sensory systems in non-insect arthropods poorly unde…

Male courtship can serve various purposes such as species recognition, mate localization, or advertisement of individual quality and physical condition. In predatory species such as spiders, courtshi...

Communications Biology - Discovery of chemosensory sensilla with different distributions on the body appendages and between the sexes of a cursorial spider, combined with evidence of olfactory mate...