Children young and old have played with Mexican jumping beans for more than 60 years. You can learn more about these unique beans by using a heat lamp. n STEP 1: Place several of the Mexican jumping ...

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 ...

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 ...

My son purchased some Mexican jumping beans and wanted to know more about them. Can we grow them here in Jacksonville? A Mexican jumping bean is native to Mexico, where it is known as a brincador ...

A few months ago, I had the chance to take a bush walk with one of the most respected trail guides in South Africa, Stefan Winterboer. After showing us where a hippo had marked its territory by ...

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 ...

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Jumping Bean was found chained in a dirty basement with no food or water and surrounded by her own poop Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Imagine that you are playing Super Mario Bros 3. Now imagine that instead of Mario, you are a Mexican jumping bean. With a tiny little sombrero. And ...

Rarely has the discerning palate been assailed by a less pretentious offering: a raw string bean, pickled in vinegar and dill. Yet the Dilly Bean, touted as “the best idea since the peanut and the ...