Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, 30, is a native of the Marshall Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. This country of ~53,000 people is spread out over 1,159 islands with most of the population on 29 coral...
While walking around the exhibit hall at an agricultural conference a few years ago, when we could still travel, I perused the usual displays of farming equipment and industry booths promoting...
We tend to fixate on the drastic changes caused by evolution over huge timescales. It鈥檚 easy to ignore the small variations between generations that add together over time to form the big...
Most homeowners let their dogs use the backyard as their own personal toilet. Often after a winter of such potty practice, when the snow melts, you鈥檒l often find your lawn speckled with unsightly...
How many times have you heard the expression, 鈥渋f only I could be a fly on that wall?鈥� But how do flies walk up walls and across ceilings? At the Marine Science Laboratory in North Wales scientists...
In November 2019, a study聽published in Scientific Reports聽showed聽a fascinating defense mechanism possessed by a certain variety of sweet potato named TN 57, which was known to be much more...
The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant well known for its ability to lure insects (and arachnids) into its 鈥渃apture organ.鈥� Once they enter there is no escape. The organ shuts tight and the...
Believe it or not, lobsters, as well as other crustaceans such as crabs and crayfish, have teeth in their stomach! The teeth are part of a system called the 鈥済astric mill.鈥� Through rhythmic...
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