1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (14+ words) Plume food will not make plankton plump'Science News Incorporate STEM journalism in your classroom...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (371+ words) A study reveals how individual tongue clicks and their echoes contribute to object sensing When humans echolocate, they send out a sound, typically a click (dark blue) and listen for the return echo (light gray). Expert echolocators can build a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (383+ words) A shadow-sensing skill known as skototaxis helps cicadas find trees to molt on Researchers temporarily coated cicadas" eyes and light-sensing organs with white paint, blocking the contrast between light and dark that the insects use to find trees. When periodical…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (348+ words) The National Geographic documentary highlights the incredible abilities of bees around the world Bees play an essential role in pollinating Earth's flowers, but many species are in peril. By Erin Garcia de Jes's At the edge of a wildflower meadow…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (369+ words) Tree-climbing snakes might localize control instead of stiffening their whole body Some tree-climbing snakes, such as this Australian brown tree snake, can lift up to 70 percent of their bodies into the air as they go vertically from a lower to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (261+ words) Like dandelion fluff, the insects" legs can take advantage of updrafts to fly high Phantom crane flies use their long legs to fly, holding their wings still as they float on updrafts. DENVER " For these insects, flight is all in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (541+ words) And there's still a bit of mystery in how the ladies hit so hard Shown in very slow motion, a female giant rainforest mantis unfolds her long, spiky legs into a position for sweeping up a fly. At full speed,…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago  (393+ words) Pigment structures in the fur are hollow like those in birds " a first for mammals Platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) are endemic to the fresh waters of Australia. The mammals have hollow pigment-containing structures called melanosomes. They might be related to the…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (605+ words) Flipping a molecular switch turns males from pup caregivers to pup killers A male African striped mouse tends his pups. A gene called Agouti, which was previously known to play a role in the development of the mouse's characteristic stripes,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (483+ words) A serendipitous lab accident (well maybe not for the bumblebees) led to the discovery Hibernating bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) queens can breathe underwater to survive a flood, a new study shows. Their metabolisms also switch to strategies that don't rely on…...