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The climate crisis is destroying the forests endangering animals that climb trees. Credit: The Science website via DALEE

This is a wake-up call: global warming and deforestation pose a real danger to animals

New study: The combination of global warming and deforestation may lead to the mass extinction of animal species
The famous prehistoric rock paintings of Tsili N'Air, Algeria. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The evolutionary changes following the extinction of the large animals

The need to hunt small animals caused prehistoric man to improve his mental abilities in order to perfect his hunting tools
Bacterial cells before phage infection (left) and after (right). The virus replicates itself inside them and leads to the explosion of the cells and the spilling of their contents (in red - the bacterial DNA spilled from the cell)

Survive with 0% battery: an immune system that drains the cell of energy has been discovered

The new system was discovered in bacteria - but is also used in corals, bees and others
ruined city Illustration: depositphotos.com

If humans become extinct, what will the earth look like a year later?

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What will happen to all our stuff? What will happen to our homes, our schools, our neighborhoods, our cities? Who will feed the dog? Who will cut the grass? Although it's a common theme in movies, TV shows, and books, the end of humanity is still a strange thing to think about

The scientist leading the Amazon rescue

A transformation is currently taking place in the Amazon forest, and behind it stands a researcher: Prof. Paulo Artaxo, one of the most important scientists in the world, put together the plan that is currently being implemented in Brazil to rehabilitate and glorify the wounded rain forest. On the occasion of his visit to Israel, he tells how change is being made, explains why the deforestation carried out by the Bolsonaro government was against the constitution - and in fact unnecessary, and delivers a message as clear as the sun in the forest: "It's not too late yet"
Dr. Tal Kogman, child and youth culture researcher, Tel Aviv University. Public relations photo

Cats don't wear boots

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Who instilled the stigmas that the fox is cunning, the wolf is evil and the donkey is stupid? The answer to this lies in the problematic way in which animals are presented in the culture of children and youth
A single-celled parasite colony feeds inside an animal's cell. From Jumpstory

Things Yorami know: the multicellular conundrum

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Two questions will occupy us in this column, both of which concern the relationship between the whole and its parts. Let's start with Nir's philosophical questioning: in the animal world (fish, reptiles, mammals and birds) we know that all the organs of the body serve the brain, without a brain the rest of the body has no right to exist. But what happens in the plant world? On which part of the tree can it be said that all the other parts serve it?
A female golden jackal in Yarkon Park. Photo: Artemy Voikhansky, Wikipedia.

How do you stop rabies?

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Mina is located in Ashkelon National Park. Photo: Minozig, Wikimedia Commons.

A problem of bird relations

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Anxious Illustration: pixabay.

Reptiles for a better future

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The South American spotted tree frog in a moment of brilliance. Source: Carlos Taboada et al.

Phosphorus frog

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cow. Third wave systems can explain that there is a high probability that it is a cow because it has four legs, a white surface area with black spots, udders and horns. Source: Keith Weller/USDA.

Microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of Maali Gera change its function in methane production depending on the age of the animal

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Photography: Pauline Guilmot.

Large carnivores are extinct

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Photography: Charlesjsharp, Sharp Photography.

Cheetahs are extinct in captivity

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squid. Photography: Richard.

The DNA secrets of the squid

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The fig beetle, an invasive species of giant beetle (about eight to ten centimeters long!) with huge tentacles, which arrived in wood shipments from the Far East and Africa about seventy years ago. Source: Jvertman / Wikimedia.

The Great Invasion

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Elephants leave in their wake habitats for dozens of other creatures. Photo: Yathin S Krishnappa / Wikimedia.

Elephant tracks are bustling with life

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Photo: Vincent van Zalinge.

How do mammals and birds maintain their body temperature?

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Cod. Communicate using sounds. Photo: August Linnman.

Fish chatter

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A new study examined the effect of global warming on animals. Among other things, it was found that animals from tropical areas have difficulty adapting to the rising temperatures and show a tendency to move away towards temperate areas where the temperature is more comfortable. Photography: Rafael Edwards.

One up to the right

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shoemaker Source: Yusuke Miyahara / flickr.

Organism of the month - the cobbler, the king of the egg

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Six two-month-old puppies eat together from a bowl. Photo: shutterstock

To wag a tail

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Chicks cry for food in the nest. Photo: shutterstock

The animals leave for independence

Pigeons at Dumbar Square in Kathmandu. Photo: shutterstock

A pigeon's brain is enough for a gambling addiction

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A chimpanzee with a sad look. Photo: shutterstock

When animals grieve / Barbara G. King

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