Okay, I’ll be honest – when my neighbor told me bouncing on a trampoline could burn as many calories as running, I thought she was nuts. But then I dug into the research and tried it myself, and wow… ...

Take jumping spiders, for instance. The arachnids need very strong vision to avoid predators, hunt prey, and move around.

Genes are not passed on exclusively from parents to their offspring. Some are mobile and can also jump to other species, as ...

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. 'Jumping genes' are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with a specialized RNA called piRNA.