Using an object to crack nuts is considered one of the most complex tool-using behaviors in the animal kingdom.

Some cases of bloodstream infections are mild, but many have a fatal outcome - the reasons for these differences have remained in the dark despite decades of research.

Climatic changes are increasingly giving rise to major fires on peatlands in the northern hemisphere, which release massive quantities of carbon dioxide. However, the biomass of the peatland is not entirely consumed by fire, some turns to charcoal in the absence of air.

From a human perspective, earthquakes are natural disasters - in the past hundred years, they have caused more than 200,000 deaths and enormous economic damage.

The bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidisis primarily a harmless microbe found on the skin and in the noses of humans.

The formation of deserts on the Arabian Peninsula had a decisive impact on the migration and evolution of large mammals and our human ancestors over millions of years.

Comparing the impact of COVID-19 between countries or during a given period of time is challenging because reported numbers of cases and deaths can be affected by testing capacity and reporting policy.

65,000 years ago Neanderthal from the Swabian Jura hunted horses and reindeer with hafted leaf-shaped stone points.

The Tübingen region has recently seen hailstorms that brought back memories of the devastating storm of 2013.

One of the most striking features of global warming is that the life rhythms of plants are changing all over the world.

Archaeologists working in the district of Tübingen in southwest Germany have discovered the region's earliest gold object to date.

The University of Tübingen - or Eberhard Karls Universität in German - has launched a critical examination of its own name. On Thursday, the University's senate instructed the President's Office to form a working group of historians to examine the university's two namesakes, Count Eberhard and Duke Karl Eugen von Württemberg.