Author

Joe Rao

Joe Rao is a broadcast meteorologist and an associate and lecturer at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City.

http://www.haydenplanetarium.org

Teeth that stab or crush to match their meal

To walk on walls and ceilings, your feet have to stick, but they have to get unstuck, too.

Ferns and fungi that explosively reproduce

The seemingly unwieldy shape of a fish is anything but a drag.

Hear author Xiaoming Wang interviewed by Vittorio Maestro, Editor in Chief of Natural History. (MP3, 17 minutes)