Few plants have inspired such delight and mystery as the Venus fly trap. That very allure is causing their downfall.

Most wildcats, big and small, are solitary creatures. This is a system that works well for the feline body and lifestyle. However, there is one notable outlier when it comes to the hunting habits of wildcats: Lions.  It took very specific evolutionary conditions to cause ancestral lions to abandon their solitary ways and start living in groups. 

If cute cat videos are a guilty pleasure for you, I encourage you to renounce your guilt. Cat videos are actually good for your health! If you don’t enjoy the antics of Grumpy Cat or Maru, maybe it’s time you started.

Viruses are not alive. Or maybe they are alive. Or maybe they are somewhere on the edge of life, occupying a space that science has not yet defined. Just what is a virus, and why are they so much more effective during these winter months?

In 1964, Kitty Genovese was brutally murdered outside her apartment. Over a dozen of her neighbors heard her cries. Why did no one help her? It may seem that people are simply callous and apathetic, but social psychology has unlocked the true reason behind the inaction of groups during an emergency: The bystander effect.

Domestication is integral to our success as a global species, and one Russian scientist devised an ingenious experiment to test how this process may have happened. He hoped that by attempting to domesticate the red fox that he could better understand how wolves were domesticated into dogs tens of thousands of years ago.