Plants Are Highly Sensitive to Being Touched Plants don’t scream when we step on them or pinch their leaves, but that doesn’t mean they can't feel it.
Tiny Predatory Vampires Dwelled in Ancient Seas Microfossil prey containing puncture holes were discovered in the Grand Canyon.
Hawkmoths Smell Flowers With the Tips of Their Tongues Newly discovered olfactory neurons aid in close range perception.
Why the Long Neck? Giraffe Genome Offers Some Clues A few genes gave rise to many unique adaptations.
Climate Change May Have Killed off Our Closest Ancestors, Are We Next? Why Neanderthals went extinct is a hotly debated topic, but recent research adds support to the theory that climate change played a major role.
Homosexual Behavior in Beetles Is Linked to a Genetic Tug of War Females benefit when males mount other males.