Animal Systems: Big, Science-y Themes
Regulation
Imagine a thermostat for a moment. To warm the room, you bump up the temperature settings. The thermostat senses the temperature in the room, and the heat rumbles to a start. When the room gets nic...
Evolution
We'd like to think that it's pretty common knowledge that our human minds are much different from that of a jellyfish (who has no brain) or a chameleon (whose brain has the power to make skin chang...