Answers to Biology Questions

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?

Life on Earth uses energy either directly or indirectly from the sun. However there are deep sea organisms that live...

Why is it, that despite all this talk of evolution going on, humans have not evolved for the last 4000 years?

If as a human I share 98% of my genes with a chimpanzee and 60% of my genes with a banana, how come I only share 50% of...

Why do people go bald?

I'd like to hear about recessive genes and why they say that blondes and ginger people have more of these genes...

Do scientists have any understanding of the mechanisms that skills, that animals such as humans, learn and pass to...

I have hay fever and I was wondering why grass has pollen.

In response to your discussion last week about whether you can use urine on jellyfish stings: I lived in Hawaii for...

There's a myth (or is it truth) that urine from a human can negate a jellyfish sting. Is that an urban legend?

On average, how many flies do we accidentally eat every single day?