Charles Darwin and his family were enchanted by the small carnivorous plant “Drosera”, also known as sundew, and were fascinated by the way Drosera captures prey. The mechanism of capturing prey involves many processes that we commonly think are unique only to animals – like the use of electrical signals, hormones or the production of
Written by Nils Kalbfuss on May 3, 2020
The disappearance of a magical forest below the sea surface
OceansKelp forests are a magical world and you do not even have to go to faraway places in the tropics to explore them. What appears to be an ugly algal network on the surface of the sea, hides a huge variety of different species below its canopy. Among its inhabitants are cute sea otters, magnificent