Questions tagged [biology]
For questions about living things. Does not exclude aliens, but additional information is usually necessary (consider using "xenobiology" instead).
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Can a planet have a warm, tropical climate both at the poles and at the equator?
I am trying to create the perfect planet for life. It will mainly consist of shallow seas/oceans with archipelagos spread throughout the globe. The islands are the same size as New Guinea on average. ...
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Would it be possible for a living being the size of a planet to survive? [closed]
I've been thinking what is the theoretical size limit of a living being? I asked myself this question:
Could a living being grow to the size of a planet?
This super massive organism would have its own ...
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Can a Tidally-Breathing Animal Possess a Syrinx?
I have been imagining/designing a reptile-like animal that breathes tidally, but possesses a syrinx for complex vocalization. Is this biomechanically possible, or is unidirectional breathing a ...
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How to make a place windy
I am trying to build a world where there is different terrains and one of them is a extremely windy plain or valley (almost uninhibitedly) there is a couple plants and animals that have adapted (I don'...
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Could a creature "image" its environment through chemoreception?
Most organisms that can “see”, or create an image their surroundings, use either photoreception (sight) or mechanoreception (sound, in the form of echolocation).
I am considering a fantasy race that ...
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Can Kleptothermy work underwater?
I am working on a concept with amphibian larvae surviving in very cold polar waters. Kleptothermy seems to work with ectothermic organisms (like Snakes and Bees) but I can't find any organism that ...
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What advantages would horns present in humans? [closed]
In my canon, an advanced civilization exists that has a pre-established penchant for extensive bodily modification. While their extra thumb and tail are indeed useful for additional dexterity and ...
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Is the average person capable of adapting to a lower oxygen content in the air than earth, given enough time to slowly acclimate?
The concept of my world rests essentially on voluntary migration of populations to other planets either for colonization or relocation.
If the desired destination planet had significantly lower oxygen ...
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How can a bloodline be rare without completely dying out?
This is an urban fantasy setting in which all manner of fantastical species of humanoid, called monsters, exist under humanity's nose, and in this setting there is a system of magical bloodlines ...
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Is Tasting and Smelling Bad A Viable Way of Not Getting Eaten? [closed]
Would it be possible for humans to use some combination of soap, lotion, perfume/cologne, etc to deter most predators from eating you by virtue of your smell and taste? After all plenty of other ...
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How could life possibly evolve to the extreme conditions of the day side of a tidally locked Earth? [closed]
I'm currently brainstorming on a post-apocalyptic Earth. I initially thought of a massive asteroid collision event that drastically slowed down Earth's rotation to be around 1 Earth day = 1 Earth year ...
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RE: Built In Terrariums [closed]
Back again!
Hi, I've decided to add context to this question and my previous oneby providing how I'd think the environment would work, as well as the relationship between the host and terrarium ...
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Could a Creature Evolve to have a BUILT IN terrarium/nursery [closed]
In my world there is a species (who's name Im still working on) but this species has a built in nursery or terrarium.
This "Terrarium' is found in the stomach where you can actively see the ...
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Can the hemoglobin be fed something besides iron to make blood a different color? [duplicate]
A bit of context here. A species of Fairies in my world have silver-colored blood, and while researching for that, I learned that hemoglobins essentially require blood to be red because they need iron ...
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Could ghosts be an airborne species of octopus?
In my story there’s a character named Zane who finds out that he attracts “ghosts”. It’s only when he sees them that he realizes that they’re not supernatural beings, but floating octopuses that can ...
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