Life

Plants

How a Venus Flytrap Snaps Shut

A Venus flytrap stores energy to allow its hinged leaves to snap shut quickly.

Animals

Tool use comes naturally to crows

Certain crows appear to be born with an instinct to make and use tools.

Fossils

Dino takeout for mammals

Ancient mammals dined on young dinosaurs.

Animals

Geckos’ Sticky Feet Clean Themselves

Tiny hairs on gecko toes can stay nearly dirtfree, helping the lizards cling to ceilings.

Animals

A fallout feast for crabs

Crabs can take advantage of hot, toxic plumes from undersea vents to feed on poisoned plankton.

Animals

Blotchy face, big-time wasp

If paper wasps pretend to be something they're not, their peers get angry.

Brain

Swedish Rhapsody

Celebrations honoring the world's top scientists brought students from many countries to Sweden to tour, learn, talk, and party.

Tech

Crime lab

From accidents to crime scenes, scientists are helping detectives solve mysteries.

Animals

Gecko night vision

Certain geckos can tell colors apart even in dim moonlight.

Fossils

Big fish in ancient waters

Fossils have revealed an ancient, oversized relative of modern-day swordfish.

Fossils

Downsized dinosaurs

Island living may have led to miniature versions of giant dinosaurs.

Animals

Toxic Birds May Get Poison from Beetles

Eating certain beetles may make the skin and feathers of some birds poisonous.