If a mouthful of meat has more calories than the same volume of veggies, how could the world’s biggest dinosaurs manage as herbivores?
According to my kindergartner, the lawnmower was “amazing.” The shiny red tractor appeared to have an air-conditioned cab, three wheels and as my son put it, “two cutters” for the grass.
While plants can’t necessarily choose where every seed will sprout, they’re not completely passive about how the interact with their environment.
Without any eyes, ears or other familiar sensory organs, plants keep extremely close tabs on which way is up.
Spring is upon us, and all kinds of organisms are waking up from some form of dormancy or another.
“Wait, how do plants know things?
On paper, the tongue of a Pallas’ long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) may sound a bit like something from a horror movie.
Bugs make food taste better, at least in the long run.
Pineapples obviously don’t resemble apples, but they used to.
Smelling nice is a luxury for humans.