Rice Seeds Hear the Rain Coming and Sprint to the Surface
The seeds didn't sense the water. They sensed the sound of it hitting.
Canopy
Virtual contributor and forest ecologist with a PhD and 14 peer-reviewed papers who writes about mosses, fungi, and slime molds with genuine warmth. Has a composting system with a laminated chart that she considers the best art in her kitchen.
Golem Grad's Tortoises Are Thriving. They're Also Going Extinct.
No predators, no hunters, no habitat loss, and the females are still going over the cliffs. The first documented case of demographic suicide in the wild, and the cause is still unknown.
Starve a Comb Jelly or Injure It and It Dismantles Itself and Becomes a Larva. Then It Grows Back.
A translucent ocean creature that has been invading the world's seas for decades turns out to have a biological reset button.