In a pollen shortage, some bees nick holes in tomato leaves. This can speed up flowering and pollen production by weeks.
Some animals, bacteria and algae produce their own light. This bioluminescence can attract mates or protect from predators.
When some corals bleach, they turn neon colors. Flashy hues may be part of a response that helps these corals recover and reunite with their algae.
Bacteria living on the skin of some rough-skinned newts make tetrodotoxin. This paralyzing poison is also found in pufferfish.
Every living thing produces waste. Excretion is how organisms take out the trash.
Engineers have invented silk microneedles to inject medicines into plants. One day farmers might use drones to dart their sick plants with meds from the air.
Today’s plankton-eating anchovies sport tiny teeth. But their ancient kin were armed with spiky lower teeth and a giant upper sabertooth.
People are seeing more animals than they did before the pandemic. There are many reasons why.
Snot oozed by a marine tube worm can glow for up to 3 full days. The secret of how this works might lead to long-lasting lights that glow on and on.