Blood, sweat, tears, and a few other bodily liquids we don't talk about in polite company are the main body fluids you know. There are plenty more you might not know, but they all work together to make you exist and func...

Imagine an artificial leg that can feel hot and cold, wet and dry, and even a caress! Scientists have tried all kinds of ways to make prosthetic limbs that can work with human nerves to make the limb not only more agile,...

There is an entire ecosystem in a previously-overlooked layer of a rainforest. Between the treetops and the forest floor, falling leaves are caught in a matrix of almost-inivisible filaments of the fungus Marasmius. Jake...

People who make toys, dollhouses, or other miniatu...  ...t make miniaturization difficult. Certain laws of biology apply, too, but the fairy wasp seems to do an end...

Why are Nic Cage, Holly Hunter and the baby fr...  ...ovie Raising Arizona on the cover of this Serbian biology textbook? Your guess is as good as mine, but I'd...

Humans might be one of the only animals to use tools as weapons, but Crack has a great list of animals born with weapons built right into their bodies -like the Giant Amazonian Centipede's ninja skills, which allow h...

While plants normally have pretty colors in order to attract bugs and other pollinators, one type of plant has evolved to attract bats using sound. I wonder what’s on its playlist? The Marcgravia evenia plant relies...

Image: Joseph R. Ecker, Salk Ins...  ...Matija Dreze, Center for Cancer Systems Biology at the Dana-Faber Cancer Institute....

Dark Roasted Blend has an amazing collection of stunning and interesting trees right now, including the African tulip tree above, which is apparently very invasive. With a tree that pretty though, I don't think I'd m...

This picture of "various isolates of ascomycet...  ...features great photographs of anything to do with biology , from exotic animals to fossils to microscope ima...