Answers to Biology Questions

Where do seedless grapes come from?

Why don't spiders run out of silk?

How does a fly land on the ceiling? Aren't its wings beating in the wrong direction?

I saw a documentary about frogs, which during the winter literally freeze solid. Come spring, they seem to de-freeze...

What is a mosquito eating when it isn't eating me?

Do plants and trees communicate?

How do insects manage to fly in the rain?

Why do genetic diseases sometimes only develop in later life?

I cracked open a large chicken egg this morning and out came the white, an egg yolk, and another fully-formed shelled...

When fruit is rotting in a bowl, you get horrible black flies coming out of them. How do they get there?

If all these bats are whizzing about and making all these noises, how do they not fly into each other? How do they know...

If bats can do this, why aren't aeroplanes equipped with the same sort of things?

Some washing powder manufacturers are starting to recommend that we wash our clothes at 30 degrees centigrade instead...

Can bulls see red?

Do birds that hunt in water or below water have polarised vision, as it would be a good advantage for them to be able...

I'm an A-level biology student and I'm interested in knowing how mRNA from a gene gets from the gene in the...

Why is blood red?

Can I have a leech for a pet? I am allowed to buy one? If so, where can I buy one?

I'm home schooling my son and we've been studying cell division. In one of the textbooks it - that...

Is the caloric content of food when it is stated on the packet the amount of energy given off when it's burned?...

Why are most plants green? Sure, it's because chlorophyll rejects green light, but why does it? The green part of...

Are there any advanced and complex multicellular animals that have chloroplasts inside their bodies or under their skin?

I have some frogs in my garden and they come up to me and let me tickle them. Why is this?

Do fish fart, and if so, where do they come from because you don't see any bubbles?