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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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DEC 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Deep in our gastrointestinal tract, a community of microbes lives in symbiosis with our bodies. That community, called t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Killer whales have a good reputation with humans as being large and friendly sea mammals, and they’ve been known t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 25, 2016Plants & Animals
Don’t blink, you might just miss the discovery of a new animal species inhabiting the Earth. It seems new species ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 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 BouchardDEC 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A fossilized relic encased inside of a hunk of amber appears to be a well-preserved specimen of a dinosaur tail with fea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 11, 2016Plants & Animals
In the times of Ancient Rome, if you wore Tyrian Purple clothing of any sort, then you were considered a VIP. The color ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Natives of South Americans have prepared and drunk ayahuasca for centuries. In a research review, it was demonstrated th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2016Plants & Animals
Scientists studying the natural behavior and lifestyle of wild African elephants are finding something peculiar about ne ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Magnetoreception enables animals to sense magnetic fields, which helps them navigate and orient themselves through the p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2016Plants & Animals
A 21-year-old man from Florida, identified as Granger Ray Wooten, is now facing misdemeanor charges after witnesses told ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 05, 2016Plants & Animals
Some animals have crushing bites that can break even bones, but the coconut crab can crush incredibly tough objects with ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 03, 2016Plants & Animals
Researchers have found a new class of photoreceptor protein known as LITE-1 in invertebrates that could be up to 50 time ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2016Cardiology
A flexible, long-lasting heart patch has been successfully implanted in animal hearts without stitches. The polymer patc ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 01, 2016Plants & Animals
Humans have called dogs “man’s best friend” for ages. Dogs and people just get along so well, and it&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2016Plants & Animals
European rabbits are making themselves right at home on the continent of Australia. Although they’re not native to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 29, 2016Plants & Animals
When it comes to feeding the colony, ants work together to drag large food stuffs back home. On the other hand, when bar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2016Microbiology
By using a vulnerability they found in the genetic code of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), researchers were ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, is perhaps the most productive reindeer-herding region in the wo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A unique kind of lizard known as the thorny devil, or also called the thorny dragon, is able to live in intensely dry an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 20, 2016Plants & Animals
When you think of the dinosaurs, you think of a time long ago when large creatures walked the Earth before humans did. B ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 19, 2016Plants & Animals
Three Omani sailors who were exploring the waters at the end of last month found something they weren’t expecting ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 15, 2016Plants & Animals
Birds are just one of the many kinds of animals that humans hunt, and it turns out that human hunting may actually be ma ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Deep in our gastrointestinal tract, a community of microbes lives in symbiosis with our bodies. That community, called t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Killer whales have a good reputation with humans as being large and friendly sea mammals, and they’ve been known t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
Don’t blink, you might just miss the discovery of a new animal species inhabiting the Earth. It seems new species
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
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
DEC 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A fossilized relic encased inside of a hunk of amber appears to be a well-preserved specimen of a dinosaur tail with fea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
In the times of Ancient Rome, if you wore Tyrian Purple clothing of any sort, then you were considered a VIP. The color
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Natives of South Americans have prepared and drunk ayahuasca for centuries. In a research review, it was demonstrated th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists studying the natural behavior and lifestyle of wild African elephants are finding something peculiar about ne
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Magnetoreception enables animals to sense magnetic fields, which helps them navigate and orient themselves through the p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
A 21-year-old man from Florida, identified as Granger Ray Wooten, is now facing misdemeanor charges after witnesses told
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
Some animals have crushing bites that can break even bones, but the coconut crab can crush incredibly tough objects with
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
Researchers have found a new class of photoreceptor protein known as LITE-1 in invertebrates that could be up to 50 time
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2016
Cardiology
A flexible, long-lasting heart patch has been successfully implanted in animal hearts without stitches. The polymer patc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humans have called dogs “man’s best friend” for ages. Dogs and people just get along so well, and it&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
European rabbits are making themselves right at home on the continent of Australia. Although they’re not native to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
When it comes to feeding the colony, ants work together to drag large food stuffs back home. On the other hand, when bar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2016
Microbiology
By using a vulnerability they found in the genetic code of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), researchers were
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, is perhaps the most productive reindeer-herding region in the wo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A unique kind of lizard known as the thorny devil, or also called the thorny dragon, is able to live in intensely dry an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
When you think of the dinosaurs, you think of a time long ago when large creatures walked the Earth before humans did. B
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
Three Omani sailors who were exploring the waters at the end of last month found something they weren’t expecting
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
Birds are just one of the many kinds of animals that humans hunt, and it turns out that human hunting may actually be ma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard