Tiny water-oozing pores appear to shape the leaves’ veins into a “Voronoi diagram.”
These cold-loving yeasts may be thousands of years old. They also suggest the mummy’s remains may not be completely frozen in time.
The snakes may be tempted onboard by tasty rodents — but train rides can carry cobras far from their forest habitats.
Scientists are making advances in decoding animal sounds. That might someday make animal translators a possibility.
Production of this potent greenhouse gas is triggered by a newfound feature of these microbes — one with a funny name: hydrogenobody.
Balloon-like air sacs in the mice's throats create whistling songs. No other animal is known to make calls in this way.
Virtual "flying" coaching, based on bird flight, took only a week. Afterward, participants’ brains seemed to view VR wings almost like true limbs.
Cornfields release moisture into the air — or “sweat” — a couple of ways. One is evaporation. The other is transpiration.
Some of these predators were as long as whales. Roaming the seas more than 72 million years ago, the octopuses appear to have been the largest invertebrates ever known.
