Article categories : "Ecology"

  • Biology
  • Ecology
New Species: an Endless Quest of Discovery
time 6 min
Published the 01/06/2022

New Species: an Endless Quest of Discovery

You may think that by now, we'd know them all. Or at least most of them... But that couldn't be further from the truth. Countless species are still being discovered and described today. Let's see how.Describing the species living in our world is a fundamental part of biological research, and one of [...]

  • Ecology
  • Biology
Herbicides: wolves among plants
time 5 min
Published the 29/09/2021

Herbicides: wolves among plants

Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world today. Its properties were discovered by Monsento in 1970, which marketed it for the first time in 1974 under the name Roundup. In 2014, 820,000 tons of glyphosate were used, including 10,070 tons on French territory. [...]

  • Ecology
The sexual selection: A story of seduction
Published the 17/11/2020

The sexual selection: A story of seduction

Within the same species, we can observe morphological differences between male and female. These differences, called sexual dimorphism, can be so important that the two genders are mistaken for two different species. In 1758, a famous naturalist, Linné, classified male [...]

  • Ecology
Our imitation of the living
Published the 11/11/2020

Our imitation of the living

We have long drawn inspiration from the living world to apply these concepts in various disciplines such as science, engineering, architecture, medicine, and art. It’s about biomimicry. Biomimicry comes from the Greek words “bios” (life) and “mimesis” (imitate). It was coined [...]