160 years ago, Charles #Darwin proposed the theory of #evolution by natural selection after observing #organisms that had developed highly specialized traits to better survive or reproduce in their environments.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/ebio11252501.html
#Organisms
Organism (Organisms 🐞)
An organism is any living thing that functions as an individual. Such a definition raises more problems than it solves, not least because the concept of an individual is also difficult. Several criteria, few of which are widely accepted, have been proposed to define what constitutes an organism. Among the most common is that an organism has autonomous reproduction, g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism
#Organism #Life #Organisms #PhysicalObjects #BiologicalSystems
#Decomposing #deadwood is a #biodiversityhotspot; many small #organisms are either direct #decomposers or closely ecologically related to these primary decomposers. This #riparianforest in Saarland, #Germany, remains partly uncontrolled and is thus full of deadwood in different stages of decomposition. The authors T. Löfroth et al. (2023) studied #factors such as #globalwarming negatively affecting deadwood #ecosystems.
©#StefanFWirth November 2025
Ref
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15988-6_6
Photos
©S.F.Wirth
Harmful #algal blooms in #lakes and #reservoirs are explosions of cyanobacteria, often referred to as blue-green algae. #Microscopic #organisms ubiquitous in all types of water around the globe, cyanobacteria use sunlight to make their own food and in warm, nutrient-rich environments can quickly multiply
#Microbiology #Phycology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/mcb11112501.html
”Organisms exhibit a whole-to-part causality—self-organization—that our mechanistic categories cannot capture.”
—Matthew Segall, The Philosophical Implications of the Second Scientific Revolution
#science #organisms
—Matthew Segall, The Philosophical Implications of the Second Scientific Revolution
#science #organisms
Flora (Organisms 🐞)
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora for purposes of specificity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora
#Flora #Habitat #Organisms #EcologyTerminology #BotanicalNomenclature
Taxon (Organisms 🐞)
In biology, the taxon is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxon
#Taxon #Taxa #Organisms #BotanicalNomenclature #ZoologicalNomenclature #BiologicalClassification
Taxon (Organisms 🐞)
In biology, the taxon is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxon
#Taxon #Taxa #Organisms #BotanicalNomenclature #ZoologicalNomenclature #BiologicalClassification
This Man #Died 1,000 Years Ago. The #Organisms In His #Stomach Survived.
Fauna (Organisms 🐞)
The Fauna is the whole of animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert...
”Russell and Whitehead’s struggles in Principia Mathematica illustrate the impossibility of grounding the whole edifice [of mathematics] in a final logical foundation. Mathematics evolves through paradox, revision, and imaginative leaps. The same is true of biological form. Organisms do not unfold according to rigid templates; they dip into a structured but evolving open field of potential, actualizing new patterns through their own activity.”
—Matthew Segall, The Return of Platonic Biology
#mathematics #biology #organisms
—Matthew Segall, The Return of Platonic Biology
#mathematics #biology #organisms
#Socialinsect #nests are #ecosystems with a #diversity of #organisms.
In #leafcutterant #Atta #texana nests, mite #Histiostoma #bakeri reduces harmful #fungi in detritus chambers (S.F. Wirth & J.C. Moser 2008).
A. Panchal et al. (2025) found #termite #Odontotermes #obesus to reduce harmful fungi from its food #funguscultivar using fungicides of #bacteria.
Ref
(2008)
Proceed. 6th EURAAC
(2025)
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr2713
pic
O. obesus, Nikhil More, 2020,
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
#KnowledgeByte: #Model #Organisms are biological species that are widely studied to understand basic biological processes. These organisms are chosen because they have certain characteristics that make them particularly suitable for scientific investigation,
They are usually organisms that are easy to maintain and breed in a laboratory setting.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Model-Organism-650aa3f4eabba85abe344607
#Deadwood consists of #ephemeral #biochoria, #temporary #habitats, with #decomposition by numerous specific #organisms, e.g. bacteria, #arthropods and most important diverse #fungi, some of which are shown below on a deadwood branch in #Berlin..#Fungus #Cremastra appendiculata seems being involved. L. Wang et al. (2024) studied this fungus as #symbiont supporting seeds of orchid #Cremastra #appendiculata to #germinate.
©#StefanFWirth 2025
Ref
https://doi.org/10.22541/au.173027710.00082437/v1
#Photos
©S.F. Wirth
Fauna (Organisms 🐞)
The Fauna is the whole of animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora and funga, respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as biota. Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert...
Organism (Organisms 🐞)
An organism is any living thing that functions as an individual. Such a definition raises more problems than it solves, not least because the concept of an individual is also difficult. Several criteria, few of which are widely accepted, have been proposed to define what constitutes an organism. Among the most common is that an organism has autonomous reproduction, g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism
#Organism #Life #Organisms #PhysicalObjects #BiologicalSystems
“…living beings require distinct principles of functioning and modes of causality irreducible to the laws governing inorganic processes. …life and consciousness…cannot be fully understood as products of mechanistic classical physics. …organisms show hierarchical organization, unconscious self-regulation, and “labile equilibrium,” such that wholes determine parts and organic processes resist purely mathematical modeling.”
—Matthew Segall, Notes from the Edge of the Ordinary
https://footnotes2plato.substack.com/p/notes-from-the-edge-of-the-ordinary
#life #organisms #physics #mathematics
—Matthew Segall, Notes from the Edge of the Ordinary
https://footnotes2plato.substack.com/p/notes-from-the-edge-of-the-ordinary
#life #organisms #physics #mathematics
Now published... and on the #BiophysJ cover!
Cell Adhesion Pattern Shows Conserved #Scalings under #Geometrical Control
Studying the relationship between the size and the #anatomy and #physiology of #living #organisms has proven useful in deciphering what the key physical constraints are that apply to them. For instance, total adhesive pad area is found to #scale like organism mass over a wide variety of animal species, possibly to resist against body weight.
In this study, we apply this approach at the cell scale to ask how large-scale geometrical constraints affect the organisation of #adhesion patches and the size of #cellSubstrate contact at different stages of the #cellSpreading process. Indeed, #cells, like many animals, adhere to their substrate. For that, they use specific protein complexes, called #focalAdhesions, which form patches often situated at the cell periphery.
cc @JonFouchard
Welcome to new biology bs students at University of Iceland
Asked them to name
A) their favorite REAL organism (species or individual)
B) their favorite organism (species or individual) from TV or movies
C) and give their name ( it was a barrier break excersice )
Before I reveal the answers, what are yours A n B?
#biology #ecology #organisms #species #imaginarySpecies #biodiversity
The afternoon of the eighth day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#KSCB2025) is devoted to a #keynote by Naama Brenner on #biophysics of #cells, either in #unicellular or #multicellular #organisms
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