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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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SEP 12, 2017Plants & Animals
Animal poachers commonly target rhinos because of the large horns situated on their heads. The horns carry high monetary ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2017Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies are among some of the world’s most precious insects, not just because they’re beautiful ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 03, 2017Microbiology
I always jump at the chance to learn about a new microbe, and I’ve got a soft spot for protists - you know, the li ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2017Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats have been traveling with people for thousands of years, carried by mariners, farmers and Vikings.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Facial recognition is just one way that people differentiate one person from another, but it's not unique to humans; ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2017Plants & Animals
The snow leopard is a creature that resides on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 23, 2017Plants & Animals
Bindi Irwin’s Australia Zoo was blessed with the birth of a rare white female koala joey, but it currently doesn&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change is a major concern for environmentalists; one of the things they do is try to protect wildlife from succu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work is upending an old theory about the development of sex-specific mammalian reproductive systems.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2017Cancer
A protein from the “shaggy ink cap” mushroom may be a lethal fighter against leukemia cells, scientists repo ...AUG 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Camera-bearing nature explorers had a rare opportunity recently to film an elusive all-white moose in Värmland, loc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The first animal that humans domesticated was our best friend, the dog. New work investigating the history of dog domest ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2017Plants & Animals
Conservationists track a broad range of animals in the wild with GPS trackers, and penguins are no different. On the oth ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Honeybees have been hit by some hard times these last couple of decades. Heavy pesticide usage, colony collapse, and inv ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2017Cancer
Turmeric, the trendy spicy that’s making its way into lattes, could be key in defeating pancreatic cancer drug res ...AUG 02, 2017Plants & Animals
Who doesn’t love giant pandas? Not only are they large and fluffy, but those innocent faces are enough to make any ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
Have you explored the great outdoors recently? Hopefully you just nodded, and hopefully you enjoyed your time being one ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 01, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks don’t have to bite you to be dangerous. A Japanese woman recently passed away from a tick-born ...JUL 30, 2017Plants & Animals
Hedgehogs are typically small animals, growing to just 5-12 inches long. Astonishingly, however, one specimen found in L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2017Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat” ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 28, 2017Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are fascinating organisms, not just because they would likely survive almost any cataclysmic event that&rsqu ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animal poachers commonly target rhinos because of the large horns situated on their heads. The horns carry high monetary
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies are among some of the world’s most precious insects, not just because they’re beautiful
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 03, 2017
Microbiology
I always jump at the chance to learn about a new microbe, and I’ve got a soft spot for protists - you know, the li
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2017
Plants & Animals
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced on Friday the discovery of at least 381 new species throughout the Amazon rainfo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats have been traveling with people for thousands of years, carried by mariners, farmers and Vikings.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Facial recognition is just one way that people differentiate one person from another, but it's not unique to humans;
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
The snow leopard is a creature that resides on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 23, 2017
Plants & Animals
Bindi Irwin’s Australia Zoo was blessed with the birth of a rare white female koala joey, but it currently doesn&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change is a major concern for environmentalists; one of the things they do is try to protect wildlife from succu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work is upending an old theory about the development of sex-specific mammalian reproductive systems.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2017
Cancer
A protein from the “shaggy ink cap” mushroom may be a lethal fighter against leukemia cells, scientists repo
...
AUG 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Camera-bearing nature explorers had a rare opportunity recently to film an elusive all-white moose in Värmland, loc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The first animal that humans domesticated was our best friend, the dog. New work investigating the history of dog domest
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Conservationists track a broad range of animals in the wild with GPS trackers, and penguins are no different. On the oth
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Honeybees have been hit by some hard times these last couple of decades. Heavy pesticide usage, colony collapse, and inv
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 02, 2017
Cancer
Turmeric, the trendy spicy that’s making its way into lattes, could be key in defeating pancreatic cancer drug res
...
AUG 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
Who doesn’t love giant pandas? Not only are they large and fluffy, but those innocent faces are enough to make any
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Have you explored the great outdoors recently? Hopefully you just nodded, and hopefully you enjoyed your time being one
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks don’t have to bite you to be dangerous. A Japanese woman recently passed away from a tick-born
...
JUL 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Hedgehogs are typically small animals, growing to just 5-12 inches long. Astonishingly, however, one specimen found in L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a massive effort to sequence the genomes of thousands of plants, part of a bigger effort to gather more genomic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2017
Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat”
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades are fascinating organisms, not just because they would likely survive almost any cataclysmic event that&rsqu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard