How do eel’s reproduce?

Seedless watermelons are basically the best thing ever. But they’re also a delicious paradox. Seeds are a key part of plant ...

Why, after millions of years of evolution, do organisms build structures that seemingly serve no purpose? A new study investigates the evolutionary reasons why organisms go through developmental ...

Climate change is actively reshaping landscapes, altering animal behavior, and changing the structure of hunting seasons.

Information pervades the universe, yet means nothing. Meaning emerged when matter organized into systems that could ...

Life is ubiquitous on Earth and appears in a diversity of forms. But what characteristics do organisms have? What makes them alive? This activity explores that question. In the first part of the ...

Why, then, would you choose to have sex with another organism, a process that immediately cuts your genetic legacy by half? One answer is that sex, in which genes are mixed and reshuffled, gets rid of ...

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Nature is full of fascinating adaptations. Asexual reproduction—the ability to reproduce without a mate––is one of them. This process involves a single parent organism producing genetically identical ...

Everything in life is about sex and money. And now that I have your attention, let me explain. That phrase was one that I often used when presenting key concepts to my biology and marine science ...

It’s very easy to lose a single photon. That’s why it’s so impressive that photosynthetic systems rarely do. In contrast to photovoltaic cells, which currently top out at around 30 percent efficiency, ...

If you’ve ever had a spiny leaf insect as a pet, or you’re considering getting one, hopefully someone has warned you about this: if you put one in your enclosure, you might come back some time later ...