Nature’s most impressive survival machines are not always made of steel, silicon, or composite materials. Evolution has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most ...

When we think about breathing, lungs and noses typically come to mind. But in the animal world, things are slightly unusual. A handful of creatures don’t bother with lungs; instead, they breathe right ...

In 2018, a group of French scientists covered a male fruit fly in pink dust before introducing him to a room full of virgin females. In a parallel room, they did the same thing but dusted him in green ...