
Animals
Mosquitoes taste you before they decide to bite
Mosquitoes seem to prefer some flavors over others. Knowing what they like — and hate — could lead to better ways to prevent bites.
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Mosquitoes seem to prefer some flavors over others. Knowing what they like — and hate — could lead to better ways to prevent bites.
In the spring, queen bumblebees emerge from their winter hibernation to start new colonies.
When mixed with water and rubbed on the skin, a common food dye allows researchers to peer inside the body of a mouse.
One individual chimpanzee peeing prompts others to follow suit — but scientists don’t know why.
A lot of their old-fashioned dioramas — a type of exhibit — are biased, boring or even unscientific. Here’s what modern museums are doing to fix that.
A teen researcher investigated bowhead whales and found their migrations may be responding to a changing sea current.
Some of these amphibians can produce a milk-like liquid for their offspring and give birth to live young. And those aren't the only rules these rebels break.
Some beetles make ultrasonic clicks that camouflage them as toxic tiger moths, warning hungry bats to stay away.
Cats flow through narrow openings but hesitate before short openings. That may help them avoid unseen danger in the wild.
Creature-machine mash-ups seem weird or even creepy. But biohybrids that make use of living tissue could be the future of robotics.