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Algae: is a diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms that contain chlorophyll but lack stems, roots, leaves, or vascular tissue. This large group of nonflowering plants can range from microscopic (microalgae), to large seaweeds (macroalgae), such as giant kelp. Algae can be found everywhere on the planet and are very diverse.
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MAY 13, 2017Microbiology
Kleptoplasty. It sounds cool. It is cool. Acquired phototrophy is a process where organisms - usually aquatic protists o ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2017Microbiology
Have you ever seen the TV show The Odd Couple? The sitcom from the 1970s (and its 2015 reboot) follows the ups and downs ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 29, 2017Earth & The Environment
If you’ve glimpsed a picture of a crater lake or been lucky enough to see one yourself, you’ll understand th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
As I learned during an ecology lab in college, biodiversity assessment is currently the most effective and accepted meth ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
Algal biomass production is taking flight in the biotech world and recent results from the Tokyo Institute of Technology ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 11, 2017Earth & The Environment
Scientists and reef lovers alike are in alarm over the recent news that has come from the aerial surveys conducted by th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2017Videos
Deep into the swaths of Colombia's hidden rain forests in the province of Meta near to the Serrania de la Macarena there ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 25, 2017Plants & Animals
People have been feeding ducks and other types of birds since what seems like the beginning of time. On the other hand, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2017Microbiology
Scientists have found that a virus can stimulate photosynthesis in bacterial hosts. The work, which was performed at the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2017Plants & Animals
Experts and residents alike from Hanahan, South Carolina are confused as to why this alligator specimen seems to be exhi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 29, 2017Microbiology
After four years, research collaboration has revealed details about the evolution of dinoflagellates, along with new det ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2017Plants & Animals
While there are many signs that climate change is bad for the planet, yet another reason might have just recently been d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 14, 2017Microbiology
“All natural” products are all the rage. How about sunscreen made by cyanobacteria? Can’t get more nat ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 23, 2016Plants & Animals
When it comes to plants surviving at high altitudes on Earth, scientists Jiri Dolezal of the Institute of Botany at the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Thousands of silver-colored Atlantic menhaden fish unexplainably began to float in the Shinnecock Canal on New York&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 25, 2016Microbiology
Diplonemids are tiny, single celled organisms that are members of the protozoa kingdom, and were basically ignored by th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2016Plants & Animals
All kinds of animals are exposed to dangerous plastics during any point in their lives. Litter and debris that can be le ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2016Microbiology
Researchers have demonstrated that the consumption of prey by predators can stimulate a cyclical increase and decrease i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2016Microbiology
Corals live in the ocean, of course. Well, so do many microbes - bacteria, viruses, and algae, for example. It’s n ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 18, 2016Earth & The Environment
Due to torrential rains from Hurricane Matthew, rivers in eastern North Carolina are flooding a region that is home to p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 10, 2016Videos
Most people have heard, if not seen for themselves, of bioluminescent algae that produce waves of light on the surface o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 13, 2017
Microbiology
Kleptoplasty. It sounds cool. It is cool. Acquired phototrophy is a process where organisms - usually aquatic protists o
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2017
Microbiology
Have you ever seen the TV show The Odd Couple? The sitcom from the 1970s (and its 2015 reboot) follows the ups and downs
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 29, 2017
Earth & The Environment
If you’ve glimpsed a picture of a crater lake or been lucky enough to see one yourself, you’ll understand th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
As I learned during an ecology lab in college, biodiversity assessment is currently the most effective and accepted meth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Algal biomass production is taking flight in the biotech world and recent results from the Tokyo Institute of Technology
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Scientists and reef lovers alike are in alarm over the recent news that has come from the aerial surveys conducted by th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2017
Videos
Deep into the swaths of Colombia's hidden rain forests in the province of Meta near to the Serrania de la Macarena there
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
People have been feeding ducks and other types of birds since what seems like the beginning of time. On the other hand,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Fossils are relics left behind by time; they're alone and forgotten in places where even mother nature doesn’t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists have found that a virus can stimulate photosynthesis in bacterial hosts. The work, which was performed at the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
Experts and residents alike from Hanahan, South Carolina are confused as to why this alligator specimen seems to be exhi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 29, 2017
Microbiology
After four years, research collaboration has revealed details about the evolution of dinoflagellates, along with new det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
While there are many signs that climate change is bad for the planet, yet another reason might have just recently been d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 14, 2017
Microbiology
“All natural” products are all the rage. How about sunscreen made by cyanobacteria? Can’t get more nat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
When it comes to plants surviving at high altitudes on Earth, scientists Jiri Dolezal of the Institute of Botany at the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Thousands of silver-colored Atlantic menhaden fish unexplainably began to float in the Shinnecock Canal on New York&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 25, 2016
Microbiology
Diplonemids are tiny, single celled organisms that are members of the protozoa kingdom, and were basically ignored by th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
All kinds of animals are exposed to dangerous plastics during any point in their lives. Litter and debris that can be le
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have demonstrated that the consumption of prey by predators can stimulate a cyclical increase and decrease i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Microbiology
Corals live in the ocean, of course. Well, so do many microbes - bacteria, viruses, and algae, for example. It’s n
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 18, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Due to torrential rains from Hurricane Matthew, rivers in eastern North Carolina are flooding a region that is home to p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 10, 2016
Videos
Most people have heard, if not seen for themselves, of bioluminescent algae that produce waves of light on the surface o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan