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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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JAN 10, 2018Plants & Animals
Successful reproduction of any animal species entails a delicate balance of males and females. Unfortunately, a new stud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2018Plants & Animals
Many animal conservation efforts involve preventing human interaction whenever possible, and a new study published in th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2018Microbiology
Humanity will need to find solutions to feed a growing population; there are 7.6 billion people on the planet, a number ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2018Plants & Animals
It’s been an unusually cold week in Florida, ranging from 30-40º Fahrenheit. While this might seem laughable ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 04, 2018Technology
The Israeli biotech company SuperMeat plans to bring its chicken products to market within a few years.Written By: Julia TraversJAN 04, 2018Plants & Animals
Researchers have long thought that jellyfish blooms imposed a negative impact on the environment and surrounding marine ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 03, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed an extremely efficient “molecular trap” that can be recycled and reused to ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 02, 2018Plants & Animals
Scientists fear the worst for Jamaican habitats as an invasive tree species called Pittosporum undulatum (more colloquia ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 02, 2018Microbiology
Three domains of living things, archaea, bacteria, and eukarya, are organized by shared characteristics fundamental to l ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 29, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Some of the worst wildlife diseases have been fungal. Now scientists have found that a fungus is impacting snakes.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Fish of all types depend on coral reefs for survival. Not only do coral reefs provide shelter and a place to hide from p ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 26, 2017Plants & Animals
A whole host of animals around the globe face the very real threat of imminent extinction, and one of those just happens ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 25, 2017Plants & Animals
The Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives around the Western coastline of Africa, but scientists now fear that ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 20, 2017Plants & Animals
Elephant poaching is an ongoing problem throughout Africa as poachers develop sneakier tactics for collecting their trop ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Narwhals have become somewhat famous because of that catchy Weebl’s Stuff song. While these unicorns of the sea lo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 13, 2017Technology
Bats can move in large groups without hitting each other, and that's something self-driving cars need to be able to do a ...Written By: Julia TraversDEC 13, 2017Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List recognizes the cheetah as a “vulner ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Most people have watched, or at least heard of, the movie Jaws. While it’s a classic fan-favorite film, it also pa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2017Plants & Animals
Deforestation around the globe has a negative impact on the wildlife that depends on forests and jungles to survive. One ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2017Plants & Animals
Although uncommon, there are a handful of incidents where animal researchers get a chance to study interspecific relatio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2017Plants & Animals
A European predatory bird known as the red kite (Milvus milvus) weathered difficult times in the 80’s. After a clo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Dolphin behavior may not be too far off from human behavior in some aspects, and contemporary scientific research is beg ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 21, 2017Plants & Animals
Curious researchers based out of Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute tagged 63 blue whales with moti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 18, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes with edited genomes have been created in the lab, with the aim of reducing disease and controlling mosquito p ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Successful reproduction of any animal species entails a delicate balance of males and females. Unfortunately, a new stud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many animal conservation efforts involve preventing human interaction whenever possible, and a new study published in th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2018
Microbiology
Humanity will need to find solutions to feed a growing population; there are 7.6 billion people on the planet, a number
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2018
Plants & Animals
It’s been an unusually cold week in Florida, ranging from 30-40º Fahrenheit. While this might seem laughable
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 04, 2018
Technology
The Israeli biotech company SuperMeat plans to bring its chicken products to market within a few years.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 04, 2018
Plants & Animals
Researchers have long thought that jellyfish blooms imposed a negative impact on the environment and surrounding marine
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 03, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed an extremely efficient “molecular trap” that can be recycled and reused to
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 02, 2018
Plants & Animals
Scientists fear the worst for Jamaican habitats as an invasive tree species called Pittosporum undulatum (more colloquia
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 02, 2018
Microbiology
Three domains of living things, archaea, bacteria, and eukarya, are organized by shared characteristics fundamental to l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 29, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Some of the worst wildlife diseases have been fungal. Now scientists have found that a fungus is impacting snakes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Fish of all types depend on coral reefs for survival. Not only do coral reefs provide shelter and a place to hide from p
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 26, 2017
Plants & Animals
A whole host of animals around the globe face the very real threat of imminent extinction, and one of those just happens
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
The Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) lives around the Western coastline of Africa, but scientists now fear that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
Elephant poaching is an ongoing problem throughout Africa as poachers develop sneakier tactics for collecting their trop
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Narwhals have become somewhat famous because of that catchy Weebl’s Stuff song. While these unicorns of the sea lo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 13, 2017
Technology
Bats can move in large groups without hitting each other, and that's something self-driving cars need to be able to do a
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List recognizes the cheetah as a “vulner
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Most people have watched, or at least heard of, the movie Jaws. While it’s a classic fan-favorite film, it also pa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
Deforestation around the globe has a negative impact on the wildlife that depends on forests and jungles to survive. One
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Although uncommon, there are a handful of incidents where animal researchers get a chance to study interspecific relatio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
A European predatory bird known as the red kite (Milvus milvus) weathered difficult times in the 80’s. After a clo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Dolphin behavior may not be too far off from human behavior in some aspects, and contemporary scientific research is beg
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 21, 2017
Plants & Animals
Curious researchers based out of Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute tagged 63 blue whales with moti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 18, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes with edited genomes have been created in the lab, with the aim of reducing disease and controlling mosquito p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch