is any process of growth, change or development over time.

Nature's dynamic duos

Victoria Kent
Did you know that inside most figs there is a tiny wasp, or that garter snakes eat one of the most toxic animals in the world? Learn more about how some species evolve together to become friends or rivals.
Raising a kid is hard work, so wouldn’t it be easier to have someone else raise them for you? Some wasps do exactly this.... but to pull this off, they need the help of a disguise. The shiny cuticle on the outside of an insect that holds chemicals called cuticular hydrocarbons Victoria Kent

Jaws of Death: When Plants Bite Back

Veerta Singh

What's in the Story?

Imagine an insect watching a horror movie. Spooky music plays in the background. It senses something bad is about to happen – but what? A fly enters the picture and lands on a plant with some inviting moisture drops. KERPOW! The sudden flick of a green tentacle flings the insect onto the moisture drops, which turn out to be a glue-like substance that holds the prey so it cannot escape. More tentacles surround the insect, drawing it slowly towards its death. The screen goes dark.

Why Are Bees Disappearing?

Bees are amazing. They have their own language and they do so much for the ecosystem. Many native plants—which grow in your area—and crops you depend on for food require bees for pollination.

Cooperation in Cancer Cells

Mylan Blomquist
We study cooperation in humans a lot, but what about cooperation in... cancer? Learn how researchers are applying the same behavioral dilemmas experienced by people to the outcomes of cell cooperation.

Peruvian poison frogs mimic, or look like, other poison frogs that live in the same area. But they don't just look like one other species. Depending on the location, frogs of this species may mimic one of many other species of poison frog.  

Colorful Copycat Frogs of Peru Kyle Summers

City life can be stressfull for people, but what about for other animals? Learn what scientists found out about the effects of city life on the stress and health levels of birds. 

A silhouette of a bird on a chain link fence Pierce Hutton

Mutant robots with six arms and a mind of their own are stuff of science ficiton, right? Scientists are challenging that idea by creating robo-mutants in the lab and seeing how they evolve.

The huge machine hand of the transformer Bumblebee Craig Trevor Johnson

Have you ever wondered what makes one animal different from another?  Scientists conducted an experiment and found that food is one of the reasons chimpanzees and humans are so different.

Samantha Hauserman
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