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 ...

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, ...

Proteins are the molecular building blocks and engines of the cell, and are involved in practically all life processes. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry investigate the ...

Ein Verhaltensexperiment zeigt, dass eine völlig unkooperative Verhaltensstrategie auch dann die Anstrengungen für den ...

Für 14 neugegründete Start-ups der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft fiel 2025 der Startschuss. Wir stellen sieben von ihnen ...

Nachtigallen zeichnen sich durch ihre bemerkenswerte stimmliche Flexibilität aus. Während ihrer nächtlichen Gesangsduelle ...

Polyandrie ist verbreitet: Weibliche Hausmäuse – und Weibchen vieler anderer Arten – paaren sich häufig mit mehr als einem ...