A smelly Polynesian fruit nicknamed the 'vomit fruit' drives away most predators, except a species of fruit fly. Now scientists in Japan say they know why. These fearless insects have special genes ...
Monarch butterflies and a few other insects evolved essentially the same genetic mutations allowing them to eat toxic milkweed without getting sick. Monarch butterflies and caterpillars store the ...
HONG KONG, April 24 (Reuters) - A toxic and smelly Polynesian fruit nicknamed the "vomit fruit" drives away most predators, but scientists in Japan may have discovered how it can serve as food and ...