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Plant Biology
Plant Biology: or Botany, also called plant science(s) or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plantscientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field.
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APR 08, 2020Earth & The Environment
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is going through another bleaching event; it's third in five years. The ARC Centr ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Current MS treatments must be applied early on in the disease to be effective, and do not reverse the damage that's alre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2020Earth & The Environment
Can you imagine the swaths of animal migrations taking place in the underwater depths of the oceans? New research publis ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 31, 2020Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 30, 2020Plants & Animals
Deep-sea dwellers are among some of the most intriguing marine creatures in the world, partly because it isn’t ver ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2020Plants & Animals
When snakes feel threatened, they may lash out at the aggressor with a painful bite out of self-defense. In some cases, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 23, 2020Earth & The Environment
Grasslands cover over 30% of Earth's landmass and account for the majority of cropland globally. Yet, new research p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 22, 2020Plants & Animals
Narwhals are often referred to as the ‘unicorns of the sea’ because of the unicorn-esque tusks they grow on ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2020Genetics & Genomics
An ancient fish fossil has given researchers new insight into how fish fins eventually evolved into human hands.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2020Plants & Animals
As a general rule of thumb, most of the world’s wild animals keep their instinctual mating practices within their ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2020Earth & The Environment
Have you heard the statement, “every other breath you take comes from the ocean?” Oxygen-producing phytoplan ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 17, 2020Plants & Animals
Most people assume that pill bugs, which are more colloquially referred to as ‘roly polies,’ are insects. Bu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been suggested that life arose from molecules that gradually came together in the right ways to form simple cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2020Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 15, 2020Plants & Animals
From start to finish, a sea urchin’s life involves an incredible and lengthy journey. From the moment a wandering ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 15, 2020Plants & Animals
Giraffes are highly discernable animals in the wild, not only because of their eccentrically long necks, but also becaus ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published earlier this week in Nature Communications has revealed how quickly ecosystems will disappear once the ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 08, 2020Plants & Animals
People generally avoid hurting others because they feel a sense of empathy, which is the ability to share or understand ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published earlier this week in Nature Climate Change reports that effective climate action is needed to prevent ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 05, 2020Earth & The Environment
Rising ocean temperatures are dangerous for corals and the photosynthetic algae living within their tissues. The delicat ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
An international team of researchers has analyzed cartilage from a baby duckbilled dinosaur, and they have identified bi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2020Plants & Animals
Despite their rather conspicuous name, red pandas are nothing like the more widely recognized black and white giant pand ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 25, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Cholesterol analogs give nanoparticles a shape that helps them get where they need to go.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2020Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that ocean waters become substantially colder as you venture further beneath the surface; this is b ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is going through another bleaching event; it's third in five years. The ARC Centr
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Current MS treatments must be applied early on in the disease to be effective, and do not reverse the damage that's alre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Can you imagine the swaths of animal migrations taking place in the underwater depths of the oceans? New research publis
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 31, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 30, 2020
Plants & Animals
Deep-sea dwellers are among some of the most intriguing marine creatures in the world, partly because it isn’t ver
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2020
Plants & Animals
When snakes feel threatened, they may lash out at the aggressor with a painful bite out of self-defense. In some cases,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 23, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Grasslands cover over 30% of Earth's landmass and account for the majority of cropland globally. Yet, new research p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2020
Plants & Animals
Narwhals are often referred to as the ‘unicorns of the sea’ because of the unicorn-esque tusks they grow on
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
An ancient fish fossil has given researchers new insight into how fish fins eventually evolved into human hands.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2020
Plants & Animals
As a general rule of thumb, most of the world’s wild animals keep their instinctual mating practices within their
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you heard the statement, “every other breath you take comes from the ocean?” Oxygen-producing phytoplan
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 17, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most people assume that pill bugs, which are more colloquially referred to as ‘roly polies,’ are insects. Bu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
It has been suggested that life arose from molecules that gradually came together in the right ways to form simple cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2020
Plants & Animals
The animal world is chock-full of critters that do seemingly odd or unusual things. The decorator crab is one such examp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2020
Plants & Animals
From start to finish, a sea urchin’s life involves an incredible and lengthy journey. From the moment a wandering
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2020
Plants & Animals
Giraffes are highly discernable animals in the wild, not only because of their eccentrically long necks, but also becaus
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published earlier this week in Nature Communications has revealed how quickly ecosystems will disappear once the
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 08, 2020
Plants & Animals
People generally avoid hurting others because they feel a sense of empathy, which is the ability to share or understand
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published earlier this week in Nature Climate Change reports that effective climate action is needed to prevent
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 05, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Rising ocean temperatures are dangerous for corals and the photosynthetic algae living within their tissues. The delicat
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of researchers has analyzed cartilage from a baby duckbilled dinosaur, and they have identified bi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2020
Plants & Animals
Despite their rather conspicuous name, red pandas are nothing like the more widely recognized black and white giant pand
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 25, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Cholesterol analogs give nanoparticles a shape that helps them get where they need to go.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2020
Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that ocean waters become substantially colder as you venture further beneath the surface; this is b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard