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Given enough time, jumping beans will always find their way out of the sun. Jumping beans, which are really seed pods with twitchy moth larvae inside, hop around in a way that — if they live long ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- What makes Mexican jumping beans jump? New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that Mexican jumping bean larvae respond to different colors of ...

Money sure seemed to go a lot further when I was a kid. When Mama gave me my weekly allowance of 50 cents on Saturdays, I’d waste no time jumping on my bike and heading downtown, sometimes cruising ...

Mexican jumping beans have been a curiosity for many an inquisitive child, and yes, they really do “jump,” thanks to the presence of tiny moth larvae inside the seed pods. According to a recent paper ...

Just like the peanut is not really a nut and the pineapple is not an apple, not all "beans" are beans. Perhaps the most remarkable of all the beans-that-are-not-really-beans are Mexican jumping beans, ...

(via Deep Look) To find its place in the shade! Each hollowed-out seed is home to a head-banging moth larva, just trying to survive the harsh Sonoran Desert sun.

What makes Mexican jumping beans jump? Research reveals that Mexican jumping bean larvae respond to different colors of light, jumping more vigorously under different hues, which can help them avoid ...